- 1970: Freda Payne was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Band of Gold,” the singer’s only UK No.1 which spent six weeks at the top of the chart
- 1974: Barry White went to No.1 on the US singles chart with “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Baby,” the singers first and only US solo chart topper. It made No.8 in the UK
- 1974: Carl Douglas was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Kung Fu Fighting,” the song was recorded in 10 minutes, had started out as a B-side and went on to sell over 10 million and made Douglas a one-hit wonder
- 1986: The National Inquirer Magazine feature of a picture of Michael Jackson in an oxygen chamber with a story claiming that Jackson had a bizarre plan to live until he was 150 years old
- 2011: A contract revealing that The Beatles refused to perform in front of a segregated audience at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California on August 31, 1965, sold for $23,033 at an auction in Los Angeles. In addition to the desegregation clause, the contract guaranteed the band $40,000 and at least 150 police officers to provide security at the show
