On June 9, 1969, guitarist Brian Jones announced he was leaving the Rolling Stones because he didn’t agree with the band’s musical direction. He was replaced by Mick Taylor. Less than a month later, Jones was found dead at his home.

Also in 1969, Moby Grape officially disbanded, a year after guitarist Skip Spence left.

In 1970, Bob Dylan was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from Princeton University.

In 1972, Columbia Records signed Bruce Springsteen.

In 1980, comedian Richard Pryor nearly killed himself while freebasing cocaine at his home in San Fernando Valley, California. The cocaine mixture exploded in his face.

In 1992, actor Ben Vereen was nearly killed in an accident near his home in Malibu, California. He was hit by a small truck driven by record producer David Foster.

In 1994, musician Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (LOH’-pes) of TLC set fire to the mansion belonging to her boyfriend, Atlanta Falcons receiver Andre Rison.

In 2000, rapper Eminem was charged with brandishing a gun at a member of the Insane Clown Posse. The charges came just days after he was arrested for allegedly using a gun to hit a man kissing his wife.

In 2022, singer Britney Spears married fitness trainer Sam Asghari at her home in Thousand Oaks, California. Spears’ ex-husband, Jason Alexander, was arrested for trespassing and stalking after crashing the wedding. Spears and Asghari have since separated.

Today’s Birthdays: Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 85. Guitarist Mick Box of Uriah Heep is 77. Film composer James Newton Howard is 73. Actor Michael J. Fox is 63. Actor Johnny Depp is 61. Actor Gloria Reuben (“The Agency,” ″ER”) is 60. Singer-actor Tamela Mann (“Meet The Browns,” ″Medea” films) is 58. Bassist Dean Dinning of Toad the Wet Sprocket is 57. Bassist Dean Felber of Hootie and the Blowfish is 57. Musician Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers is 54. Actor Keesha Sharp (“Lethal Weapon”) is 51. Singer Jamie Dailey of Dailey and Vincent is 49. Actor Michaela Conlin (“Bones”) is 46. Actor Natalie Portman is 43. Actor Mae Whitman ("Good Girls," “Parenthood,” ) is 36. Actor Lucien Laviscount (LAH’-vis-kownt) (“Scream Queens”) is 32.