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December, 22

  • 1998 The Higher Regional Court in Mannheim, Germany, sentences promoter Mathias Hoffmann to a jail term of five years and eight months. Hoffmann, 47, organizer of the 3 Tenors’ concerts, had been found guilty of 59 counts of fraud and tax evasion involving some $13.5 million.
  • 1997 A Munich court sentences concert promoter Marcel Avram to 3 1/2 years in jail on 12 counts of tax evasion from 1989 to 1992, involving a total of $3 million.
  • 1995 Lawrence Berk, founder of the Berklee College of Music, dies of natural causes at age 87 in Boston.
  • 1984 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Like a Virgin,” Madonna. Billboard ranks the song as the top single of 1984.
  • 1976 Isaac Hayes files for bankruptcy.
  • 1965 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Over and Over,” Dave Clark Five. The song is the group’s only No. 1 hit.
  • 1957 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “April Love,” Pat Boone.
  • 1949 Twin brothers Maurice and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees are born in Isle of Man, U.K.