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Lindsay Lohan is hospitalized in Miami after suffering an asthma attack.
Lindsay Lohan
Green Day top the first UK albums chart of the year with American Idiot. X Factor winner Steve Brookstein's "Against All Odds" knocks Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" off the No. 1 singles spot.
Green Day
Band Aid 20
UK pop singer Daniel Bedingfield ("If You're Not the One") suffers neck injuries and lacerations after his Jeep Cherokee flips over in New Zealand.
Daniel Bedingfield
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx becomes a dad when his wife Donna gives birth to daughter Frankie Jean Sixx.
Mötley Crüe
It's announced that Destiny's Child duo Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland have settled a lawsuit with former members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson. LeToya and LaTavia claimed Beyonce and Kelly had forced them out of the R&B hit-making machine.
Destiny's Child
Kelly Rowland
Beyoncé
Jazz cornetist Nat Adderley dies from diabetes aged 68.
Nat Adderley
Reissue specialists Rhino release their first LP, Wild Man Fischer's Wildmania.
Wild Man Fischer
In efforts to defend himself from deportation, John Lennon and his lawyers are granted access to Department of Immigration files. The pop star wants to find out if he's been barred from the U.S. because of drug use, or his remarks about President Richard Nixon.
John Lennon
Country superstar Tex Ritter dies of a heart attack in Nashville. His hits include "I'm Wastin' My Tears On You" and "I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven." He's the father of Three's Company actor John Ritter.
Tex Ritter
Syd Barrett plays an unannounced solo gig at King's College Cellar, Cambridge.
Syd Barrett
Shooting for the Beatles documentary Let It Be begins as the band meet at London's Twickenham Studios to rehearse songs for a worldwide satellite broadcast.
The Beatles
The Beatles Story, yet another America-only collection of Fab Four releases, goes to No. 7 in the American album charts. The Beatles are currently No. 1 in the singles charts with "I Feel Fine."
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones perform their new single "I Wanna Be Your Man" on England's Top of the Pops TV program.
The Rolling Stones
Five thousand people attend Johnny Ace's funeral in Memphis. The R&B star accidentally killed himself in a game of Russian roulette. His pallbearers include Little Junior Parker, and Roscoe Gordon.
Junior Parker
Country's king of the road, Roger Miller, is born in Fort Worth, Texas.
Roger Miller
 
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