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Christina Aguilera becomes engaged to her boyfriend of two years, record executive Jordan Bratman, while on vacation.
Christina Aguilera
Jennifer Lopez holds the first fashion show for her Sweetface clothing line in New York. Attendee Lil' Kim describes the duds as "Hollyhood."
Jennifer Lopez
Lil' Kim
A bench warrant is issued for Courtney Love after she fails to appear at a hearing on felony drug possession charges in Los Angeles. Her attorney says her no-show was due to "security reasons."
Courtney Love
Hole
The Native American Cultural Center calls for a boycott of CBS after OutKast perform "Hey Ya!" dressed as American Indians during the Grammy broadcast. "We're not attacking OutKast as artists," says Andrew Brother Elk, "but we are going to question the commercialization of our symbols."
OutKast
Kenny Chesney tops the album charts after selling half-a-million copies of When the Sun Goes Down. Incubus' A Crow Left of the Murder debuts at No. 2.
Kenny Chesney
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst tells Access Hollywood he broke off his relationship with Britney Spears because "she has a life like Michael Jackson." He adds she "almost can't see what's real and what's not." Obviously, Fred.
Britney Spears
Limp Bizkit
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that MP3-swapping Web site Napster must stop its users from trading tunes without the permission of their copyright owners. "The court's decision ... confirms that Napster was wrong in exploiting music by artists who do not want to be a part of the Napster system,'' crow Napster opponents Metallica in a statement.
Metallica
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell testifies in a breach-of-contract case between her old group and an Italian motorbike manufacturer. She says her decision to leave the act was "an emotional occasion."
Spice Girls
Geri Halliwell
A gunman begins firing into the crowd at an Isley Brothers concert in Los Angeles. The suspect is shot and killed by an on-duty police officer.
The Isley Brothers
Neo-soul superstar D'Angelo, he of the provocative video for "How Does It Feel" is born in Richmond, Va.
D'Angelo
David Bowie performs his first gig as his Ziggy Stardust persona in Tollworth, England.
David Bowie
John Lennon and Yoko Ono play "Instant Karma" on the BBC TV show Top of the Pops.
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
The Monkees announce that they will play all their own instruments on future recordings.
The Monkees
Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox at London's Caxton Hall. John and Cynthia Lennon and George Harrison attend the wedding. The best man is manager Brian Epstein. The couple spend their honeymoon in the English seashore resort town Brighton.
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
Soul/blues singer Little Johnny Taylor, whose biggest hit was "Part Time Love," is born in Memphis.
Little Johnny Taylor
Otis Clay, generally acknowledged as one of Chicago's finest deep soul singers, is born in Waxhaw, Miss.
Otis Clay
Brazilian lite-jazz kingpin Sergio Mendes is born in Niteroi.
Sergio Mendes
"Monster Mash" singer Bobby "Boris" Pickett is born in Georgetown, Texas.
Pop lyricist Gerry Goffin is born in Queens, N.Y. Working at the Brill Building, he wrote scores of classics with Carole King, including "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman."
Gerry Goffin
Carole King
Gene Vincent is born in Norfolk, Va., as Vincent Eugene Craddock. The leather-jacketed "Be-Bop-a-Lula" singer had an incalculable influence on British rockers like the Beatles and Ian Dury, who wrote "Sweet Gene Vincent" in tribute to the sneering, polio-afflicted star.
The Beatles
Gene Vincent
Ian Dury
 
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