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Foxy Brown is handcuffed in court after sticking her tongue out at the judge. The rapper was finalizing a plea deal in an 2004 assault incident.
Foxy Brown
R&B singer Mario tops the American singles chart with "Let Me Love You," knocking Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" to No. 2.
Mario
Snoop Dogg
The White Stripes' Jack White turns himself into Detroit Police 13th (Woodward) Precinct. White is accused of assaulting Von Bondies singer Jason Stollsteimer. He is photographed, fingerprinted, and released on a $100 bond.
The White Stripes
Ozzy Osbourne is removed from intensive care to a private clinic to recuperate from injuries he sustained after crashing an ATV on his English estate.
Ozzy Osbourne
Pink signs on as a spokesperson for Pepsi, and says she will appear in a series of TV advertisements in the new year.
P!nk
A verbal battle erupts between Aussie rockers Jet and The Strokes. Drummer Chris Cester says the New Yorkers have "lost any credibility from me" after singer Julian Casablancas declared, "Jet makes me not want to make music."
Jet
The Strokes
Police arrest a stalker at George Harrison's Hawaiian home. The unemployed Christin Keleher appeared to be living in the empty mansion, using the phone, washing machine and ordering pizza.
George Harrison
After Roger Waters threatens to get an injunction preventing Dave Gilmour from trading under the Pink Floyd name, the two sign an agreement that allows Gilmour to continue under the name Pink Floyd. In return, Waters receives a royalty whenever an image from his time with the band is used.
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
England's Lawn Tennis Association refuse to give permission for Queen to perform an open-air concert at Wimbledon.
Queen
George Harrison releases one of his rare Christmas records, "Ding Dong, Ding Dong." It fails to crack the top 30.
George Harrison
It's a pretty eventful Grand Funk Railroad show tonight at New York's Madison Square Garden. The band is due to play a benefit to be broadcast on the show In Concert when their former manager Terry Knight appears with two deputy sheriffs. He's armed with a court order saying he can seize up to $1 million of the band's money or assets pending the settlement of a lawsuit between himself and the band. The rockers convince Knight not to seize their amps or drums until after the concert.
Grand Funk Railroad
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, dressed as Santa and Mrs. Claus, distribute presents to the children of Apple's staff.
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
John Lennon writes a get-well-soon letter to his estranged father Alfred, who has taken ill. Lennon also sends Alfred a car so that he can visit his son at Weybridge, England. However, his magnum opus "I Am the Walrus" only struggles to No. 56 in the American singles charts today.
John Lennon
The UFO Club opens in London's Tottenham Court Road. With Pink Floyd as the club's house band, the venue becomes a hive of psychedelic activity.
Pink Floyd
The BBC airs the last edition of Ready Steady Go! The show had brought audiences such acts as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The Who, arguably the show's most popular guests, perform on this final episode.
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Beatles
Radio London, one of England's first offshore "pirate" radio stations, begins broadcasting. Ella Fitzgerald's recording of "Can't Buy Me Love" hits the English charts at No. 34. It's the first time a Beatles cover has become a hit there.
Ella Fitzgerald
The Beatles
The Beach Boys make their first appearance on Shindig. The group performs "Little Saint Nick," "Dance, Dance, Dance," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Monster Mash."
The Beach Boys
While staying in London, Bob Dylan performs at the King and Queen Pub.
Bob Dylan
Johnny Contardo, drummer with Sha Na Na, is born in Boston.
Sha Na Na
Spooky Tooth guitarist Luther Grosvenor is born in Worcester, England.
Mott the Hoople
Iron Butterfly drummer Ron Bushy is born in Washington, D.C.
Iron Butterfly
Harry Shearer, the comic actor who portrayed bassist Derek Smalls in This is Spinal Tap, is born.
Harry Shearer
Psychedelic rocker Merrell Fankhauser, whose bands included the Impacts, Merrell & the Exiles, the H.M.S. Bounty and Mu, is born. No, we don't really believe it either.
Merrell Fankhauser
Mu
The Impacts
Songwriter Tim Hardin is born in Eugene, Ore. Better known in versions by others, his songs include "Reason to Believe" and "If I Were a Carpenter."
Tim Hardin
Esther Phillips, a first-rate soul vocalist who started with Johnny Otis' band and scored a top 10 hit in 1962 with "Release Me," is born in Galveston, Texas.
Johnny Otis
Esther Phillips
Jazz trumpeter, icon and junkie Chet Baker is born in Yale, Okla.
Chet Baker
 
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