- 1948 "Hold It!" opens at National Theater NYC for 46 performances
- 1960 "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1
- 1963 Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie", radio stations label it obscene
- 1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands at The Kurhaus of Scheveningen, in The Hague
- 1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
- 1964 N. Richard Nash, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "110 in the Shade", based on Nash's drama "The Rainmaker", closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC after, 330 performances
South Africa Bans the Beatles
1966 South African Broadcasting bans the playing of all Beatles songs due to John Lennon's remark that the band was "more popular than Jesus"
Music History
1975 Hank Williams Jr. falls off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana
An Innocent Man
1983 Columbia Records releases "An Innocent Man", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's ninth studio album; it featured three Billboard Top 10 hit singles: "Tell Her About It", "Uptown Girl". and the title track
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1984 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "The Rink", based on Terrence McNally's novel, and starring Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera, closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 204 performances and a Tony Award for Rivera,
- 1986 Texas paroles American rock singer David Crosby from state prison, 5 months into his 5 year prison sentence for drug and weapons convictions; he credits the respite with helping him to break his cocaine addiction
Music History
1991 Rock guitar hero Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge in Houston, Texas
Music History
1991 Singer-keyboardist Billy Preston charged with exhibiting pornography to a minor
Music History
1992 Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield suffers second and third-degree burns during a pyrotechnics explosion on stage at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
- 1996 American jazz artist Mel Tormé (70), suffers a stroke, ending his 65-year singing career
Simon Cowell's Horror Bike Accident
2020 British music mogul and television personality Simon Cowell breaks his back riding an electric exercise bike
Tory Lanez Sentenced
2023 Canadian rapper Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot several times during an argument [1]