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1987 George Harrison releases Cloud Nine, a commercial comeback that includes the #1 hit "Got My Mind Set On You." It's the last album he puts out in his lifetime.More

1984 Marvin Gay Sr., father of singer Marvin Gaye (who added the e when he joined Motown) is found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his son, but courts rule the action was taken in self-defense, and the elder Gay is given five years' probation.

1981 Neil Young releases Re-ac-tor, his 11th studio album. It marks the first time Young uses an instrument called the Synclavier and signals the coming electronic sound of Trans. Made at a time when Young's attention is primarily focused on caring for his disabled son, the album feels slopped together and is not well received by critics or fans.

1979 The Who's musical film Quadrophenia, featuring a small part played by Sting, opens in US theaters.

1978 David Cassidy stars in a new cop show called David Cassidy: Man Undercover. It is cancelled after 10 episodes.

1974 Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'," a dig on President Richard Nixon, hits #1 in America.

1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's greatest hits album So Far goes to #1 in America. The group hasn't released a studio album since 1970 but has reunited for a tour and plans to start recording again. Unfortunately, longstanding squabbles resurface and the new album doesn't materialize.

1974 Nelly is born Cornell Haynes, Jr. in Austin, Texas, but grows up in St. Louis, where he becomes the first major rapper to emerge from the city.

1973 Barbra Streisand hosts a TV special on CBS called Barbra Streisand And Other Musical Instruments. Among the "instruments": Ray Charles.

1973 Ringo Starr releases his third studio album, Ringo, in the US.

1971 John Hampson (vocalist, guitarist for Nine Days) is born in the US.

1969 Reginald Arvizu (bassist for KoRn) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1969 The Rolling Stones quasi-documentary Sympathy For The Devil, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, premieres in San Francisco.

1968 Cream is presented with a Platinum album for Wheels Of Fire at the Madison Square Garden stop of their farewell tour.

1966 Dressed in full revolutionary regalia, Paul Revere & the Raiders appear on an episode of Batman.

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Rami Malek Stars In Bohemian Rhapsody

2018

The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, opens in theaters. It wins four Oscars, including Best Actor for Malek.

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