2000 American singer Macy Gray is named best international female artist and best international newcomer at the U.K. recording industry’s annual Brit Awards. TLC pick up best international group honors with Beck named best international male artist.
1999 Shania Twain shows up in an unlikely place when she’s seen hanging on Nancy’s wall in the form of a poster in the “Nancy” comic strip.
1998 The arrest of Sacramento, Calif.-based rapper C-BO on charges that his song lyrics violate the terms of his parole by encouraging violence toward police officers sets a new precedent in the debate over potentially offensive lyrics. The artist, whose real name is Shawn Thomas, is arrested and held without bail following the release of his album “Til’ My Casket Drops.”
1995 R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry undergoes successful brain surgery. Berry collapsed due to a brain aneurysm during a concert in Switzerland.
1985 Michael Jackson visits London to attend the unveiling of his look-alike at Madame Tussaud’s waxworks.
1978 Van Halen opens its first tour at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. The group’s contract specifies that M&Ms be provided to the group during the stint with the brown candies removed.
1973 Robert Flack wins a Grammy for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Record of the Year.
1965 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “My Girl,” The Temptations. The song is written by Smokey Robinson.
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