1958 - Alan Freed's Big Beat Show opened in Brooklyn with Frankie Avalon, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Clanton, Bill Haley & the Comets, Bobby Freeman and the Elegants.
1966 - The Beatles played their last official concert in San Francisco, CA.
1977 - Three people were arrested for trying to steal the body of Elvis Presley.
1984 - U2 started their Unforgettable Fire world tour in Christchurch, NZ.
1986 - The original American Bandstand studio was placed on the National Register of Historical Places.
1990 - Elton John checked into a rehabilitation facility in Chicago for bulimia, alcoholism and drugs.
1992 - U2 became the second act to play Shea Stadium in New York after Billy Joel.
1995 - A pilot and cameraman are killed during the filming of the video I'd Lie To You (And That's the Truth) by Meat Loaf.
1995 - K.T. Oslin had quadruple bypass surgery in Nashville.
1996 - Billy Ray Cyrus performed the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention.
1997 - Wu-Tang Gang members Raekwon, Method Man, GZA and Inspectah Deck, along with other members of their entourage, is reported for beating Loud Records executive Jessiah "Milk" Styles.
2005 - Fats Domino was rescued from his home in New Orleans during flooding from hurricane Katrina.
2005 - Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age collapsed after a show in Hamburg, Germany from exhaustion.
2005 - Garbage cancelled their European tour saying that they had overextended themselves.
2005 - Alabama, Glen Campbell and DeFord Bailey were announced as the newest editions to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2007 - The Police began the European leg of their reunion tour in Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 - DMX plead guilty to trying to buy marijuana and cocaine and was sentenced to time served.
2009 - The Los Angeles coroner announced that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide based on the anesthetic Propofol which was found in his system.
Released
1964 - Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (single)
1970 - Lola - Kinks (single)
1984 - Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City - Prince (single)
1994 - Definitely Maybe - Oasis (debut album U.K. release)
Awards
2002 - MTV Video Music Awards
Video of the Year, Male Video, Rap Video - Without Me - Eminem
Female Video, Dance Video - Get the Party Started - Pink
Group Video, Pop Video - Hey Baby - No Doubt Featuring Bounty Killer
New Artist - Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Rock Video - In the End - Linkin Park
R&B Video - No More Drama - Mary J. Blige
Hip-Hop Video - I'm Real (Murder Remix) - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule
2004 - MTV Video Music Awards
Video of the Year, Hip-Hop Video - Hey Ya - OutKast
Male Video, Dance Video - Yeah! - Usher Featuring Ludacris and Lil John
Female Video - Naughty Girl - Beyonce
Group Video, Pop Video - It's My Life - No Doubt
New Artist Video - This Love - Maroon 5
Rock Video - Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
R&B Video - If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
Rap Video - 99 Problems - Jay-Z
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1970 - War - Edwin Starr (3 weeks)
1987 - La Bamba - Los Lobos (3 weeks)
2015 - Cheerleader - OMI (2 weeks (4 previous weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
2009 - Twang - George Strait (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1960 - Kiddio - Brook Benton (9 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1953 - A Dear John Letter - Jean Shepard & Ferlin Huskey (6 weeks)
1964 - I Guess I'm Crazy - Jim Reeves (7 weeks)
1981 - (There's) No Gettin' Over Me - Ronnie Milsap (2 weeks)
1987 - Born to Boogie - Hank Williams, Jr. (1 week)
1992 - I'll Think of Something - Mark Chesnutt (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1981 - Japanese Boy - Aneka (1 week)
1987 - Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (5 weeks)
1999 - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) - Lou Bega (2 weeks)
2010 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
1981 - Time - Electric Light Orchestra (2 weeks)
1987 - Hysteria - Def Leppard (1 week)
1992 - Best 1 - The Smiths (1 week)
2004 - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - Prodigy (1 week)
2010 - Recovery - Eminem (1 week (6 previous weeks at number 1))
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