1753 – Composer Muzio Clementi was born.

1878 – Composer Rutland Boughton was born.

1941 – Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded “Moonglow.”

1978 – Terry Kath (Chicago) died after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a pistol he didn’t know was loaded. He was 32 years old.

1978 – Vic Ames (Ames Brothers) died in an auto accident.

1979 – Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) and his wife Marilyn were divorced.

1980 – Prince’s single “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad” was released.

1986 – The first annual induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was held in New York City.

1988 – Nirvana recorded a ten song demo tape with producer Jack Endino. The Melvin’s Dale Crover was on drums.

1989 – James Brown was sentenced in Georgia to 6 years in jail in connection with a police chase through two states.

1995 – Courtney Love appeared in Australian court on charges of abusing a flight attendant. She admitted to responding with an obscenity when a Quantas flight attendant told her to take her feet down from the airplane cabin wall. Love’s sentence was one month of good behavior.

1996 – The City Council in Johnson City, TN, withdrew their permission for White Zombie to hold a show there.

1997 – The movie “Spice World” was released in the United States.

2002 – EMI announced that it would pay Mariah Carey $28 million to end their association which was planned to last for several albums estimated at $100 million.

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