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1710 – Composer Thomas Augustine Arne was born.

1837 – Composer Felix Alexandre Guilmant was born.

1939 – Artie Shaw and his band recorded “Deep Purple.”

1955 – The Dave Brubeck Quartet appeared for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded “Maybe Baby.”

1969 – Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman were married.

1969 – George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested in Esher, Surrey. The charge was cannabis resin possession after authorities found 120 joints in their house.

1974 – Nilsson and John Lennon were ejected from the Troubador Club in Los Angeles for heckling the Tom Smothers’ comedy act.
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1996 – The album “Unplugged” was released by KISS.

1998 – Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it had banned Liam Gallagher of Oasis after an incident on a flight from Hong Kong to Australia.

1998 – Korn served a cease-and-desist demand to a Michigan assistant principal, the high school and the school district who suspended a student for wearing a T-shirt that had the band’s name on it.

2003 – The Chinese government ordered the Rolling Stones to eliminate four songs from their upcoming performances in Shanghai and Beijing. The banned songs were “Brown Sugar,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “Beast of Burden,” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together.”

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1942 – Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra recorded “Sleepy Lagoon”.

1959 – “Raisin in the Sun” by Lorrain Hansberry opened on Broadway.

1963 – In London, Manfred Mann’s first concert was held.

1964 – Elvis Presley’s 14th movie, “Kissin’ Cousins,” was released.

1968 – Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his single, “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”.

1969 – Motown bought the Jackson 5 out of their contract with Steeltown.

1982 – Jimmy Sohns (Shadows of Knight) was arrested for distributing cocaine.

1990 – In London, Mick Jagger announced the Rolling Stones’ upcoming European Tour at a press conference.

1991 – Janet Jackson signed a deal with Virgin Records for 2 albums worth $50 million.

1997 – Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

2000 – KISS began their “Farewell Tour.”

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1839 – Composer Dudley Buck was born.

1844 – Composer Pablo Martin Meliton de Sarasate was born.

1892 – Composer Arthur Oscar Honegger was born.

1940 – “I Pagliacci” by Ruggiero Leoncavallo became the first opera to be broadcast on television.

1979 – James Brown played at the Grand Ole Opry.

1988 – Andy Gibb died from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) following a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.

1992 – Prince received a lifetime achievement award at the Soul Train Awards.

2000 – Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) and two other people were arrested in New York City after slashing leather goods at Gap store as part of a protest organized by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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1737 – Composer Josef Myslivecek was born.

1910 – Composer Samuel Barber was born.

1942 – Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded “Well, Git It!”

1961 – The Supremes released their first single, “I Want A Guy.”

1966 – The Beach Boys recorded “God Only Knows.”

1974 – Bad Company performed its first concert in England.

1975 – Elvis Presley began his final recording session at RCA’s Hollywood studios.
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1976 – Keith Moon collapsed onstage at the start of a Who concert in the Boston Garden.

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1979 – ABC-TV aired the documentary “Heroes of Rock & Roll.”

1987 – U2 released the album “The Joshua Tree”.
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1995 – Rapper T-Bone was acquitted of murder charges in Torance, CA.

1997 – In Los Angeles, the Notorius B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a drive-by shooting at the age of 24.

1998 – American dancer Alan Reed sued female Japanese star Seiko Matsuda for 48 million YEN in damages for alleged sexual harassment.

2000 – Da Brat was arrested and charged with one felony count of aggravated battery for allegedly pistol-whipping a woman at a club in Buckhead. She was released after posting a $1,000 bond.

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1714 – Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born.

1941 – Horace Heidt and his orchestra recorded “G’bye Now”.

1962 – The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain. The show was “Teenager’s Turn”.
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1964 – The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show”.

1968 – The Fillmore East opened in New York City.

1970 – Diana Ross opened her first outing as a solo performer in Framingham, MA.

1973 – Paul McCartney pled guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside of his Scottish countryside farm. He claimed that a fan had given him the seeds and that he did not know what they would grow. He was fined $240.
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1974 – Bad Company gave their debut performance in England.

1987 – Bob Seger ended a tour that he claimed would be his last. It was not his last tour however.
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1993 – “Beavis and Butthead” premiered on MTV as a series.

1858 – Composer Nikolai Artzibushev was born.

1875 – Composer Joseph Maurice Ravel was born.

1887 – Composer Heino Eller was born.

1939 – Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded “Auld Lang Syne.”

1967 – Sandra Dee received a divorce from Bobby Darin.

1976 – Elton John was put on display in wax at in London’s Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.

1985 – The song “We Are the World” was heard on the radio for the first time.

1994 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered “fair use” that does not require permission from the copyright holder.

2003 – Broadway musicians went on strike due to a contractual dispute.

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1825 – Beethoven’s Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major was performed for the first time.

1853 – Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” opera debuted in Venice.

1959 – The Drifters recorded “There Goes My Baby.”

1962 – Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood.

1970 – Charles Manson released his album “Lies” to finance his defense against murder charges.

1973 – John Lennon’s visa extension was canceled by the New York Office of the Immigration Department. It had been granted only five days before.
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1976 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon” was released.
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1976 – EMI Records re-released all 22 British Beatles singles. In addition “Yesterday” was released for the first time on 45 in the U.K.

1977 – “An Evening With Diana Ross” aired on NBC-TV.

1989 – Smokey Robinson’s autobiography “Inside My Life” was released.

1998 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher was charged in an Australian court after he allegedly headbutted a fan, breaking the fan’s nose. He was released on $10,000 bail.

1998 – Madonna did a rare live interview at MuchMusic’s Toronto headquarters.
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1999 – George Jones was severely injured in a car accident.

2000 – Foxy Brown crashed her car into a fence in Brooklyn, NY. She was admitted for medical attention and released the next morning. Brown was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle by police.

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1735 – Handel’s Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 4 No 2 was performed for the first time.

1853 – Composer Arthur William Foote was born.

1887 – Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born.

1955 – Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance on the “Louisiana Hayride” show.
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1960 – Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army.

1963 – Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Nashville, TN.

1968 – Jerry Lee Lewis opened in the rock musical adaptation of “Othello” in Hollywood, CA.
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1969 – The magazine “Creem” was published for the first time.

1969 – Dusty Springfield collapsed while taping a TV appearance.

1979 – MCA Records dissolved it recent acquisition, ABC Records.

1982 – Blues Brother John Belushi died of drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles at the age of 33.

1994 – Grace Slick was arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her home.

2002 – MTV began airing “The Osbournes.” The reality television show followed the daily activities of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his family.

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1877 – The Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” debuted.

1942 – Dick Jurgen’s orchestra recorded “One Dozen Roses.”

1967 – It was announced that Steve Winwood and his brother Muff were leaving the Spencer Davis Group after an April 2 show.

1970 – Janis Joplin was fined $200 for using obscene language onstage in Tampa, FL.

1976 – Hall & Oates recorded “Rich Girl.”

1977 – The Rolling Stones recorded their “Love You Live” album in Toronto.
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1980 – E.Y. Harburg died in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA, at the age of 82.

1982 – Rolling Stone reported that Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa have formed a new band called Fred Zeppelin.

1986 – Richard Manuel (The Band) committed suicide at the age of 41.

1988 – Dale (Bozzio) released her solo debut entitled “Riot In English.”

1993 – Patti LaBelle received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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