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Two security guards are shot at a Kanye West concert in Birmingham, England, by a fan trying to gain entry without a ticket. Two people are held in connection with the incident.
Kanye West
50 Cent tells New York radio station Hot 97 The Game has been dropped from his G-Unit posse. Later, a man is injured after The Game tries to get into the station to "talk" with Fiddy and shots are fired.
50 Cent
Game
G-Unit
Michael Jackson's trial on child molestation charges finally opens in Santa Maria, Calif. Santa Barbara County DA Tom Sneddon introduces the prosecution's case with an hours-long opening argument.
Michael Jackson
Chris Curtis, drummer with Merseybeat band The Searchers is found dead at his home in Liverpool. He was 63. Curtis drummed on their '60s hits "Needles and Pins," "Sugar and Spice" and "Don't Throw Your Love Away."
The Searchers
Chris Curtis
Jennifer Lopez wins Worst Actress at the Razzies for her portrayal of a lesbian hit-woman in the box office bomb Gigli. It also wins the Worst Picture gong.
Jennifer Lopez
Linda Suffoletto, hospitalized following the Rhode Island nightclub fire set off by rock band Great White's pyrotechnics, dies, bringing the death toll to 97. Sixty people remain hospitalized.
Great White
Rapper C-Murder wishes he had chosen a different stage name after he's indicted with a charge of second degree murder following a nightclub shooting.
C-Murder
Alaskan singer-songwriter releases her debut Pieces of You, featuring the hits "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "Pieces of You." The album goes to No. 4 in the Billboard album chart.
Jewel
Frankie Lymon is discovered dead of a heroin overdose in his grandmother's bathroom at age 25. With the Teenagers, his biggest hit was 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"
Frankie Lymon
Liverpool's Cavern Club, made famous by the Beatles' residency there, closes and is later turned into a subway station.
The Beatles
New York's WINS switches from rock 'n' roll to easy listening. Its most famous DJ, Murray the K, is requested to change his programming to the new format.
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes sax player Edward Manion, who has also blown for Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen, is born.
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
Pop/soul vocalist Barbara Acklin ("Love Makes a Woman") is born in Chicago.
Barbara Acklin
Broadway star Bernadette Peters, who went to No. 31 in 1980 with "Gee Whiz," is born Bernadette Lazzara in Queens, N.Y.
Bernadette Peters
Rolling Stones guitarist and founder Brian Jones is born in Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones in Cheltenham, England.
The Rolling Stones
Singer/songwriter Joe South is born Joe Souter in Atlanta. He wrote Lynn Anderson's No. 3 "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden," Deep Purple's "Hush," and scored a No. 12 hit himself in 1969 with "Games People Play."
Joe South
Lynn Anderson
Renowned folk guitarist John Fahey is born in Cecil County, Md.
John Fahey
Latin percussion whiz Willie Bobo is born in New York.
Willie Bobo
Music exec Saul Zaentz is born in Passaic, N.J. He signed Creedence Clearwater Revival to Fantasy Records, but a subsequent dispute with John Fogerty led the songwriter to pen "Zaentz Can't Dance."
John Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival
 
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