1853 – Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premiered in Rome.

1957 – Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS’ “Jackie Gleason Show.”

1957 – Pat Boone sang at Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential inauguration ball.

1967 – Lesly Gore appeared on ABC-TV’s “Batman” as Catwoman’s sidekick, Pussycat.

1971 – At the Charles Manson murder trial, the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” was played. At the scene of one of his gruesome murders, the words “helter skelter” were written on a mirror.

1976 – The Beatles turned down an offer of $30 million to play together again on the same stage. The offer was made by rock promoter Bill Sargent.

1977 – Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band played for Jimmy Carter’s inauguration.

1977 – Aretha Franklin sang “God Bless America” at a special inaugural concert for President-elect Jimmy Carter.

1988 – Metallica began recording their fourth full-length release, “And Justice For All.”

1993 – Fleetwood Mac reunited to perform at Bill Clinton’s inauguration.

1993 – Tom Waits was allowed to keep the $2.5 million that a judge awarded him after he sued Frito-Lay for using a sound alike in a 1988 commercial. The U.S. Supreme Court supported the amount of the damages.

1998 – Pat Boone was awarded the first annual Michael the Archangel Award by the National Assn. of Chiefs of Police.

1999 – The U.S. Supreme Court without comment refused to hear a 1998 lawsuit brought by ticket buyers against Ticketmaster. The suit charged that the firm engaged in anticompetitive behaviour and price-fixing with promoters.

1999 – Bizzy Bone (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) went on trial in Columbus, Ohio, on charges that he dragged a student barber down a flight of stairs.

1999 – Jean-Michel Jarre delivered a petition to the European Parliment signed by hundreds of leading European recording artists asking for better legal protection against music piracy on the internet.

2002 – Rapper C-Murder (Corey Miller, 30) was arrested in the shooting death of 16-year old Steve Thomas at a nightclub on January 12.

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