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Notorious rap thug Suge Knight is arrested in Barstow, Calif., for violating parole after police allegedly find marijuana in his car. He is also booked for not having insurance.
Paul McCartney performs a 12-minute set of Beatles classics (and "Drive My Car"), as well as his own "Live and Let Die," during the halftime show at the Super Bowl.
Paul McCartney
The Beatles
Eminem seizes the No. 1 spot in the U.K. singles chart with the Martika-sampling "Like Toy Soldiers." Athlete top the album charts with their second album, Tourist.
Eminem
Athlete
Martika
Living with Michael Jackson airs on ABC. The documentary, hosted by Martin Bashir, contains footage of the King of Pop with a youth who would later accuse him of child molestation. Jackson later says he was exploited by Bashir.
Michael Jackson
The Afghan Whigs made suits fashionable for the indie set, but today they announce they're splitting. ""It was a blast," they say in a statement. The suits were nice, too.
Afghan Whigs
Marilyn Manson is arrested in Bologna, Italy when he passes through town on tour for a public indecency charge stemming from a 1999 concert.
Marilyn Manson
"Rock Me Amadeus" singer Falco is killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic.
Falco
The Beach Boys' Carl Wilson dies at age 51 from lung cancer.
The Beach Boys
Rapper Tupac Shakur is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of sexual assault. He faces one and a half to four and a half years in prison.
Tupac
The Paul Schrader film Light of Day, starring Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox and boasting a title song written by Bruce Springsteen, opens in theaters. Halliwell's Film Guide describes it as a "drab musical which seems to have little point." It also features Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor in a bit part.
Michael J. Fox
Bruce Springsteen
Joan Jett
Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails
According to today's New York Post, the surviving Beatles will record a new album as a tribute to John Lennon. But it's another false alarm brought on by Ringo Starr working with Paul McCartney on the latter's Tug of War sessions.
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
The Beatles
Vince Guaraldi, a jazz pianist who wrote the music for the Peanuts TV cartoons, dies in Menlo Park, Calif., at age 47.
Vince Guaraldi
Apple Records releases the John Lennon solo single "Instant Karma" in the U.K.
John Lennon
Glottal pop star Rick Astley ("Never Gonna Give You Up") is born in Warrington, England.
Rick Astley
Tickets to the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show sell out.
The Beatles
A car crash kills singer Jesse Belvin, one of the writers of the Penguins' classic single "Earth Angel." He was 20 years old.
The Penguins
Jesse Belvin
Phil Alvin, singer of Los Angeles roots rockers the Blasters, and older brother of Blaster songwriter Dave Alvin, is born in Downey, Calif.
Phil Alvin
The Blasters
Dave Alvin
Daughter of Nat "King" Cole-turned-diva Natalie Cole is born in Los Angeles.
Natalie Cole
 
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