- In 1964: The Supremes recorded their future hit “Where Did Our Love Go”. VIDEO
- In 1971: The group Chicago because the first rock band to sell out an entire week of shows at the Carnegie Hall in NY city.
- In 1989: Lol Tolhurst leaves the band after performing as the keyboardist and being the founding member of The Cure.
- In 1994: Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon” is announced by the RIAA as becoming the Fourth biggest-selling album in all of the United States’ history.
- In 1998: Singer George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) was released on bail after being arrested for engaging in lewd conduct in a park restroom by an undercover policeman. BBC Article
- In 2000: Rage Against the Machine is awarded five honors at the 23rd California Music Awards for the album The Battle of Los Angeles.
- In 2001: Cuban violinist Pedro Depestre Gonzales dies while performing a concert in Switzerland. He collapsed after performing a solo and could not be revived.
- In 2006: Prince celebrates his 28th album release as 3121 is #1 on the US album chart. One year later, 3121 was made into a perfume and 7% of the sales were donated to charities chosen by “Prince and Revelations.”
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