1954: Rock history is made this day when Elvis Presley makes his first live performance as a solo artist. He’s third and incorrectly billed as “Ellis Presley.”

Presley is so nervous, he unconsciously starts to shake his leg as he sings. The girls in the audience go crazy, although at the time, Elvis has no clue why.

He would eventually catch on.

1966: Bob Dylan has a bad motorcycle accident while riding his Triumph 500 near Woodstock, New York. His recovery keeps him out of the public spotlight for nine months and fuels all kinds of rumors.

Dylan uses the time to record a series of songs in a makeshift recording studio in a big pink house in Woodstock. He is accompanied by a band known as the Hawks. The songs eventually see a release as The Basement Tapes, while the Hawks change their name to the Band and release their first album (with a picture of the Woodstock house), Music from Big Pink.

1973: One of the last gigantic rock festivals was held on this day at Watkins Glen racetrack in New York. 600,000 people attend, making it the largest gathering of human beings in history to that point.

Headlining the event: the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and the Band.

1968: A riot erupts in Chicago’s Grant Park when Sly & the Family Stone fail to show up for a free concert. This is only one of many late or cancelled appearances for the band.

The group tries to capitalize of the event by releasing an album titled There’s a Riot Goin’ On. The album yields the hit single “Family Affair” and goes on to million-seller status, but the damage to the band’s reputation and popularity never goes away. By January of 1975, the group breaks up following dismal attendance at a concert at Radio City Music Hall.

A lot of rock legends celebrate birthdays today:

1938: Bobby Hebb

1940: Dobie Gray

1941: Brenton Wood

1941: Darlene Love

1943: Mick Jagger

1949: Roger Taylor (Queen)

1950: Duncan McKay (10cc)

1965: The day folk music officially lost to rock & roll.

It was on this day that Bob Dylan walked on stage at the Newport Folk Festival with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Dylan performed his first-ever set of electric rock songs, angering the vast majority of the crowd.

After three songs, Dylan stormed off stage. He was coaxed back by Peter, Paul and Mary to perform two more songs in his more traditional, acoustic manner.

But the “damage” had been done. Many young folkies, including John Sebastian, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, John Phillips, and more would soon leave folk and start recording rock.

1978: One of Hollywood’s most legendary bombs opens on this day. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, loosely based on the most famous Beatles album of all time, is Robert Stigwood’s attempt to follow-up the smash success of his previous musical film, Grease.

The movie is so bad, it damages the reputations of nearly everyone involved, including the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. Only Aerosmith, with their version of “Come Together,” emerges unscathed.

1987: 9 years later to the day, La Bamba opens and goes on to considerable success. The movie is a fictionalized account of the life and career of Richie Valens, America’s first Hispanic rock star.

Valens is played by Lou Diamond Phillips with Marshall Crenshaw appearing as Buddy Holly and Brian Setzer as Eddie Cochran.

The film’s popularity also makes the song “La Bamba” a huge hit all over again. The film’s version was performed by Los Lobos.

1963: A local band known as the Squires enters a recording studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba to record a little surf rock instrumental called “The Sultan.” The record, of course, goes nowhere, but it is the first time Squires’ guitarist Neil Young has ever been in a studio.

1967: The Vanilla Fudge make their very first concert appearance, playing a date in New York City.

Summer has always been time for Popsicles.

Believe it or not, this popular frozen treat really was invented by a kid. One night in 1905, 11-year old Frank Epperson of California mixed some flavoring powder in water with a fork and left it outside (fork and all) overnight by mistake. It froze, but Frank ate it anyway.

For the next 17 years, Frank made them for himself and eventually, his kids. But in 1922, Epperson sold some at a fireman’s ball in San Francisco. They were a big hit. Frank then started selling them at the Neptune Beach amusement park in Alameda, California.

Unfortunately, Frank wasn’t much of a businessman. While the treat was popular, Frank’s personal finances were shaky. In 1925, he sold the rights to the Popsicle to the Joe Lowe Company of New York. Lowe quickly took the regional treat national.

The Fudgsicle was added in 1946. The origins of the Creamsicle are a bit more confused. No one seems to know how the treat was created or when it was first marketed.

A true Baby Boomer also remembers something called a Dreamsicle that you could also find in the freezer section of your corner drug store. But do you know the difference between a Dreamsicle and a Creamsicle?

The Creamsicle features ice milk inside the Popsicle coating while a Dreamsicle featured ice cream. One other difference: you can still find Creamsicles at grocery stores and ice cream trucks, The Dreamsicle has passed away into history. Pleasant dreams, indeed.