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Vietnamese police drop child rape charges against Gary Glitter after the disgraced glam rock star pays the families of his accusers $2000. The police said they were unable to gather enough evidence.
Gary Glitter
Band Aid 20 hold the UK No. 1 spot for a third week with their remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Robbie Williams also remains top of the albums chart with his greatest hits disc.
Band Aid 20
Robbie Williams
Bruce Springsteen is named the year's top concert draw. His Rising tour with the E Street Band grossed $115.9 million. Celine Dion also made $80.5m from 145 shows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Bruce Springsteen
Celine Dion
Ex-Meat Puppets bassist Cris Kirkwood is shot in the stomach by a post office security guard in Phoenix, Arizona. Kirkwood had allegedly beaten the guard with his own baton following an argument over a parking spot.
Meat Puppets
Michael Jackson's chief spokesman quits after the King of Pop gives an interview about child abuse charges to CBS. Stuart Backerman says, "I resigned... over strategic differences with the way things are going."
Michael Jackson
Run-D.M.C.'s Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell enters the hospital after a car driving the wrong way up a lane crashes into his jeep.
Run-D.M.C.
Jam Master Jay
Blues guitarist Freddie King dies in Dallas. He was 42.
Freddie King
Mick and Bianca Jagger fly to Nicaragua to begin searching for Bianca's mother, who they fear might have been lost in the recent earthquake that struck Managua.
Mick Jagger
Led Zeppelin begin their first tour of the United States in Denver, supporting Vanilla Fudge and the MC5. The Denver Post describes them as "another British heavy ... blues oriented, hyped electric [band], the full routine in mainstream rock."
Led Zeppelin
MC5
Vanilla Fudge
The Beatles alienate a large portion of their fan base with the premiere of their psychedelic movie Magical Mystery Tour on British TV. Paul McCartney remembered, "Everybody was looking for a plot, but it purposely wasn't there." The Queen remarked, "The Beatles are turning awfully funny, aren't they?"
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
The Doors begin a weeklong series of concerts at San Francisco's Fillmore West with Chuck Berry.
The Doors
Chuck Berry
On English TV, John Lennon appears as a men's room attendant in a Christmas sketch on the program Not Only ... But Also.
John Lennon
While vacationing with his dad in England's the Wirral, Paul McCartney falls off a moped and cuts his mouth open.
Paul McCartney
No. 1 in the American singles chart today is the Beatles with "I Feel Fine." At No. 4 is the Beatles' "She's a Woman." The band have had a staggering 30 chart hits this year.
The Beatles
In the UK, the Rolling Stones take out a full-page music press ad wishing starving hairdressers a Happy Christmas.
The Rolling Stones
Capitol Records releases the Beatles' single "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" in the United States. Although the label has been offered Beatles singles beforehand, they have turned down their option to distribute the British hits in America. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" goes to No. 1 within five weeks. .
The Beatles
Keyboardist Kris "Angelo" Moe of Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids is born in Colorado.
Flash Cadillac
Elvis Presley donates thousands of teddy bears to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
Elvis Presley
Glaswegian guitarist and songwriter Paul Quinn is born.
Paul Quinn
Pretty Things bassist Gordon Edwards is born in Southport, England.
The Pretty Things
Earl and Ernie Cates of roots rockers the Cates Brothers are born in Fayetteville, Ark.
Producer Phil Spector is born in the Bronx, N.Y.
Phil Spector
Abdul Fakir, one quarter of the Four Tops, is born in Detroit.
The Four Tops
 
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