2000 Marc Anthony headlines a benefit concert for The Ronald McDonald House of New York at the city’s famed Radio City Music Hall.
1998 Tickets for the first of a series of six Garth Brooks shows in sell out in 11 minutes.
1993 Singer Lyle Lovett marries actress Julia Roberts in Marion, Ind. They announce a divorce almost two years later. Lovett and Roberts met while filming the 1992 movie “The Player.”
1978 Kansas becomes the first group chosen as UNICEF’s deputy ambassadors of goodwill.
1972 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Song Sung Blue,” Neil Diamond.
1971 The Fillmore East nightclub closes with performances by J. Geils Band, Beach Boys, Allman Brothers and Mountain.
1966 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra.
1965 The music television show “Where the Action Is” premieres.
1964 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “A World Without Love,” Peter and Gordon. Paul McCartney and John Lennon write the song. It is the first time a McCartney-Lennon song tops the pop chart for a group other than the Beatles.