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Welsh dream poppers Gorky's Zygotic Mynci announce they are splitting. With a name like that, they clearly weren't going anywhere.
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Pop pariah Michael Jackson makes a rare public appearance, turning up at MTV Japan's Video Music Awards to accept the Legend Award.
Michael Jackson
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor is awarded $3 million in damages after winning his fraud suit against his former manager.
Nine Inch Nails
Marc Anthony ("I Need to Know") files for divorce from his wife, former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, in the Dominican Republic.
Marc Anthony
Usher has all three singles in the Top 3 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with "Burn" at No. 1. The last two acts to accomplish this feat were the Bee Gees and the Beatles.
Usher
The Bee Gees
The Beatles
Metallica premiere the video for "St. Anger," filmed at San Quentin State Prison, on MTV2.
Metallica
Unknown gunmen fire several shots into the offices of Suge Knight's Death Row record label in Los Angeles. No one is hurt.
Max Collins, lead singer with grunge-pop group Eve 6, is arrested for indecent exposure in Moon Township, Pa. He allegedly entered a hotel lobby nude to ask for shaving cream at the front desk.
Eve 6
Polish labor movement boss Lech Walesa awards a Badge of Solidarity to Stevie Wonder.
Stevie Wonder
At a U2 concert in Rome, the sound system is so loud that neighbors flood emergency services with calls claiming an earthquake has struck.
U2
The Velvet Underground go west, as Andy Warhol brings his Exploding Plastic Inevitable, featuring VU and the Mothers, to San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.
The Velvet Underground
At a Coventry grammar school in England, 11 boys are suspended for cutting their hair like Mick Jagger.
Mick Jagger
Bob Dylan releases his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan
On TV tonight, Johnny Cash guest stars on The Deputy.
Johnny Cash
Neil Finn of Crowded House, one of those musicians beloved by critics, is born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
Neil Finn
Crowded House
Buddy Holly releases his only No. 1 hit, "That'll Be the Day."
Buddy Holly
Frank Sinatra appears on TV for the first time as part of Bob Hope's Star-Spangled Revue.
Bob Hope
Frank Sinatra
 
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