1900 – Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” was performed in New York.

1940 – The “Southland Shuffle” was recorded on Bluebird Records by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra. Billy May was featured as a trumpet player.

1957 – Fats Domino recorded “I’m Walkin’.”

1960 – Bobby Darin and Connie Francis performed together on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”

1964 – The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television in a film clip shown on the “Jack Paar Show.” It was a performance of the song “She Loves You.”

1966 – The Beatles appeared on “Hullabaloo.”

1967 – Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) refused to be sworn in after receiving a U.S. Army draft notice. He said he was a conscientious objector.

1970 – “I Me Mine” was recoreded by the Beatles. It was the last song that the band would record together.

1970 – Davy Jones announced he was leaving the Monkees.

1985 – Leonie Rysanek gave his final performance of “Aida”.

1987 – Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Bill Haley and 14 others. Franklin was the first woman to be inducted.

1996 – Madonna testified in an L.A. Court against Robert Dewey Hoskins. He had been accused of stalking and threatening to kill her.

1998 – Swedish police arrested a total of 314 people following a neo-Nazi concert near Stolkholm. Crowd members allegedly gave Hitler salutes, classified as a “hate crime” under Swedish law, during a performance by U.S. group Max Resist.

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