2000 Country stars Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney are arrested in Buffalo, N.Y. after Chesney rides off on a mounted police officer’s horse and McGraw allegedly attacks sheriff’s deputies who attempt to stop him.
1998 Van Halen is forced to cancel a concert at the Docks club in Hamburg, Germany, after a chunk of ceiling plaster falls on drummer Alex Van Halen’s arm during the band’s soundcheck. Van Halen’s arm is merely bruised in the incident.
1996 Singer Pilar Lorengar (Pilar Lorenza Garcia) dies at the age of 68.
1987 Bryan Adams records a live version of the Christmas song “Run Rudolph Run.”
1982 The late Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn., opens as a tourist attraction.
1974 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Band on the Run,” Paul McCartney & Wings.
1950 Suzi Quatro is born in Detroit. Her biggest hit is “Stumblin’ In,” a duet with Smokie’s lead singer Chris Norman that reaches No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1979.
1946 Bassist John Paul Jones (John Baldwin) of Led Zeppelin is born in Sidcup, England.
1942 R&B star Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago. His biggest pop singles were both from the film “Superfly” and released in 1972. “Freddie’s Dead (Theme from &lsquoSuperfly’)” reaches No. 4 and “Superfly” reaches No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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