1745 – Composer Johann Peter Saloman was born.
1770 – Composer Ferdinando Carulli was born.
1791 – Composer Carl Czerny was born.
1802 – Composer Charles-Auguste de Beriot was born.
1940 – Larry Clinton and his orchestra recorded “Limehouse Blues”.
1949 – Ricky Nelson joined the cast of his parents’ radio show.
1964 – The Beach Boys recorded “Don’t Worry Baby”.
1969 – “Goodbye Cream” opened in Baltimore. The film was of Cream’s November 26, 1968 farewell concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
1969 – The X-rated film “Candy” premiered. It was Ringo Starr’s first non-musical role in a film.
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1970 – John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” was released in the U.S.
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1974 – Cher filed for separation from husband Sonny Bono. She filed for divorce not long afterwards. They had been married for 10 years.
1976 – KISS placed their footprints on the sidewalk outside the Grauman Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
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1982 – Singer Pat Benatar married musician-producer Neil Geraldo in Hawaii. It was Benatar’s second marriage.
1992 – Paula Abdul and actor Emilio Estevez announced their engagement.
1996 – Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and a bodyguard were found not guilty of first-degree murder. The jury was deadlocked on voluntary manslaughter charges resulting in a mistrial.
1997 – Ben and Jerry’s introduced a their ice cream Phish Food. It was named after the rock group Phish.
1998 – The first of two concerts honoring the late Nicolette Larson was held.
2000 – ABC-TV aired the “Little Richard” TV movie.
2002 – In Los Angeles, CA, a jury awarded a woman $40,000 for wrongful termination from James Brown’s company in 1999. The woman had also claimed that she had been sexually harassed.
2003 – In West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for Great White, was one of the victims in the fire.