2000 Rapper Black Rob (Robert Ross) surrenders to authorities in New York and is charged with the felony of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. The charges stem from a May 21 arrest for weapons possession. Ross is arrested when he stops his car in Manhattan to sign an autograph, and nearby police officers see him pass a pistol to a passenger in the car.
2000 Gordon ”Sting“ Sumner files a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the rights to the domain name www.sting.com, alleging that a Marietta, Ga.-based man had registered the URL and offered to sell it back to him for $25,000.
1998 Lightning strikes more than twice at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington – to disastrous effect. Numerous people in the huge crowd are injured and the multi-act show is halted as heavy rain pours down on RFK Stadium. A 25-year-old woman is the most seriously injured from the lightning strikes.
1995 Country star Ty Herndon is arrested by an undercover cop on a charge of drug possession – 90 minutes before he is to perform at a Texas police convention. He pleads guilty.
1986 Big band leader Benny Goodman dies of a heart attack at the age of 77.
1984 The Jacksons’ “State of Shock,” with Mick Jagger doing guest vocals, is released. The million-seller reaches No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
1975 John Lennon makes his last TV appearance to sing “Imagine.” He retires soon after to become a househusband and raise his son Sean.
1972 Clyde McPhatter, the first lead singer of the Drifters, dies at the age of 38. He leaves the group before it hits it big.
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