2000 Ol’ Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90-day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Cino, Calif., after admitting that he had violated a prior probation agreement by getting drunk.
2000 Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean cancels a show in Charleston in support of an NAACP boycott of South Carolina because it flies the Confederate flag. Jean was to have performed at the College of Charleston.
1998 Type O Negative releases “After Dark,” its first-ever home video.
1998 Amway Corp. announces it has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a lawsuit over the company’s use of songs by top artists in videotaped sales pitches.
1997 Piano player Kenny Moore dies in Australia while on tour with Tina Turner. Moore, 45, played with Aretha Franklin and Billy Preston, prior to joining Turner’s band in 1976. Before his death, he performs as a solo artist in Europe and writes songs for Patti LaBelle.
1986 Lionel Richie’s “Say You Say Me,” the theme from the film “White Nights,” wins an Oscar for Best Original Song.
1985 No. 1 Billboard hit: “One More Night,” Phil Collins. The song is the artist’s second No. 1 song.
1975 No. 1 Billboard hit: “Lady Marmalade,” LaBelle. The group was originally called Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles.
1973 Lou Reed (“Walk on the Wild Side”) is bitten by a fan who jumps on stage in Buffalo, N.Y.
1958 Elvis Presley is sworn into the U.S. Army in Memphis, Tenn.
1949 Nick Lowe is born in Woodchurch, England. His biggest hit is “Cruel to Be Kind,” which reaches No. 12 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1979. He produces albums for Elvis Costello and others.
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