1967, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane perform at San Francisco's Fillmore. 1968, The Who appeared at Durham University, Durham, England. 1969, Young David Bowie signs with Mercury Records. The label has to wait three years for him to produce a successful follow-up to "Space Oddity." 1969, Jimi Hendrix plays the Newport Jazz Festival for a whopping $125,000. At … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – June 21