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September, 22

  • 2000 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper Flesh-N-Bone (Stanley Howse) is sentenced to 10 years in prison in a Los Angeles court for assault with an AK-47 rifle and possessing a gun, which is illegal for an ex-convict. Howse faced nearly 20 years in prison, but received a lesser sentence after his attorneys present evidence that he was an abused child.
  • 1999 Diana Ross is held in police custody at London’s Heathrow Airport for several hours following an incident involving a member of the airport’s security staff. Ross is arrested then cautioned and released following an allegation of assault on a female security officer during routine security checks prior to boarding a plane.
  • 1999 Vince Gill competes with himself in the vocal event category at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville. Gill is up with Patty Loveless for “My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man,” and with Sara Evans for “No Place that Far.”
  • 1998 White Zombie calls it a night. Bassist Sean Yseult confirms that the 13-year-old hard rock group has decided to break up.
  • 1995 Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System agree to a $7.5 million merger.
  • 1990 Nirvana plays the Motor Sports International Garage with Mudhoney’s Dan Peters on Drums. Peters quickly leaves the band.
  • 1980 Geffen Records is formed.
  • 1975 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “I’m Sorry,” John Denver.
  • 1967 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “The Letter,” The Box Tops. The Arbors took the song to No. 20 in 1969 and Joe Cocker hit No. 7 with it in 1970.
  • 1965 The Supremes make studio recording of “I Hear a Symphony.” The song tops Billboard’s Hot 100 for two weeks in November.
  • 1960 Joan Jett is born in Philadelphia. Her first solo hit, “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” sells more than one million records and stays at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for seven weeks.
  • 1949 David Coverdale of the groups Whitesnake and Deep Purple is born in Saltburn-on-Sea, England.