Birthday Highlight:

Paul Westerberg, of The Replacements, is 55 today.

Today In:

1963 - The Kinks made their live debut when they played at the Lotus House Restaurant, London.

1970 - Paul McCartney filed a suit against the rest of The Beatles to dissolve their partnership.

1984 - Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen crashed his Corvette Stingray, on the A57 outside Sheffield, England. Allen lost his left arm in the accident.

1985 - Ricky Nelson was killed along with six others when his charted light aircraft crashed in Texas.

1991 - Ted Nugent donated 200 pounds of venison to a Salvation Army soup kitchen in Detroit with the message "I kill it, you grill it".

1996 - Paul McCartney became a Sir after he was listed in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.

2000 - Janet Jackson's estranged husband filed a lawsuit against the singer claiming that Jackson, who had sold more than 40 million records, promised to share equally any assets acquired after their relationship began in 1987.

Birthdays:

Andy Summers, guitarist for The Police, is 72 today.