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TV, Radio, Press
1992 : Sinead O'Connor, who is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II, saying, "Fight the real enemy." She is banned from the show and later becomes a priest, although the Catholic church does not recognize her Order. |
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Awards and Honors (5)
| 1987 : "Brenda Lee Day" is declared in her home town of Lithonia, Georgia. A new street is named Brenda Lee Lane in her honor. |
| 2001 : Rock band Powderfinger dominates the 15th annual Australian Record Industry Association awards with six victories at Sydney's Capitol Theatre. |
| 2001 : Keith Urban goes home to Australia to accept a special Aria Award - roughly the equivalent to a Grammy in the U.S. Urban receives the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of sales and chart success in the U.S. |
| 2006 : British alternative rock trio Muse and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke are the big winners at the fifth annual BT Digital Music Awards in London, each taking home a brace of trophies. |
| 2006 : "Listen to Your Heart," the power-ballad written by Per Gessle and Mats Persson, scoops a raft of prestigious honors at the 2006 BMI London Awards, presented at the Dorchester Hotel. Among other honors, the track receives the organization's highest accolade, the Robert S. Musel Award, for the most-performed song of the year. |
Births (13)
Charts (6)
| 1964 : The Supremes' Baby Love enters the charts. |
| 1964 : The LP The Animals enters the charts. |
| 1973 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Cher's Half-Breed |
| 1982 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: John Cougar's Jack And Diane. |
| 1999 : 59-year old Welsh chart veteran Tom Jones does something he hasn't done for 25 years: He goes No. 1 on the U.K. album chart with Reload, which features Jones accompanied by Robbie Williams, Stereophonics, Barenaked Ladies, the Pretenders , Natalie Imbruglia, and many others. |
| 2004 : Teenage English soul star Joss Stone becomes the youngest female solo artist to top the British album survey as Mind Body & Soul debuts at No. 1. The 17-year-old's second release, and first full-length, bows ahead of top 10 entries by Marilyn Manson, Tom Jones and Brian Wilson. |
Concerts and Festivals (4)
| 1980 : Bruce Springsteen begins is tour for The River in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he's joined by Bob Seger in a performance of Thunder Road. |
| 1997 : California rock/pop act Sugar Ray postpones its European tour after front man Mark McGrath injures his leg at the first date in Bologna, Italy. |
| 2004 : Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Kid Rock, Fat Joe, MC Hammer and Sugar Hill Gang are among the artists who perform in all-star collaborations at the inaugural VH1 Hip Hop Honors. The event celebrates influential pioneers in the genre: DJ Hollywood, DJ Kool Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Rock Steady Crew, Run-DMC, Tupac Tupac and Sugar Hill Gang. The graffiti movement is also singled out as influential to hip-hop culture. |
| 2007 : The Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour, named after their latest album, sets a new world record for grosses when the two-year jaunt rakes in nearly 560 million dollars. |
Deaths (2)
Debuts (2)
| 1952 : The long-running radio hit The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet, now featuring a 12-year-old Rick Nelson, debuts on CBS-TV, where it will run for another 14 years, bringing the total life of the show to 22 years! |
| 1955 : The Mickey Mouse Club, featuring a 12-year-old Annette Funicello, debuts on ABC-TV. |
Legal Issues (4)
| 1965 : Johnny Cash is stopped by US Customs officials at the Mexican border on suspicion of heroin smuggling and found to be holding over 1,000 prescription narcotics and amphetamines. He receives a suspended sentence. |
| 1978 : Aerosmith posts bail for 30 fans convicted of smoking pot during their show at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN. |
| 1990 : Charles Freeman, who owns the E-C Records store in Fort Lauderdale, is convicted of selling obscene material after selling a copy of the 2 Live Crew album As Nasty As They Wanna Be two days after it was ruled obscene in a federal court. His punishment: a $1000 fine. |
| 2000 : 45-year-old Mark David Chapman, the man who twenty years earlier fired five shots into John Lennon's back, faces the parole board. Parole for John Lennon's murderer is denied, with the board stating that letting him free would "deprecate the seriousness of the crime." |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 1988 : Lisa Marie Presley gets married the first time (it lasts five years) |
Miscellaneous (2)
| 1901 : The first record company, The Victor Talking Machine Company, is incorporated, later merging with the Radio Corporation of America to become RCA-Victor. |
| 1964 : John Lennon writes I Feel Fine. |
Movies (2)
| 1988 : Hollywood premiers the acclaimed documentary Imagine: John Lennon. |
| 2003 : The film of the benefit concert The Concert For George, an all-star tribute to the recently deceased ex-Beatle George Harrison, opens in US theaters. |
Recordings (3)
TV, Radio, Press (3)
| 1957 : ABC-TV premieres The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom variety show, later featured in Michael Moore's documentary Roger and Me. The show runs for three years. |
| 1977 : The TV event Elvis In Concert, filmed just weeks before The King's death, is shown on CBS, with good friend Ann-Margret hosting. It shocks many with the depiction of a bloated and drug-addled Elvis Presley in his final days. |
| 1992 : Sinead O'Connor, who is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II, saying, "Fight the real enemy." She is banned from the show and later becomes a priest, although the Catholic church does not recognize her Order. |
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