- 1958: After receiving special permission from the US Army, Elvis Presley gave one last press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal in Brooklyn. He then joined the rest of the 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall for a voyage to Bremerhaven, Germany.
- 1969: A new weekly TV show, “The Music Scene,” aired on ABC in the US for the first time. Stevie Wonder, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Tom Jones, Cass Elliot, James Brown, Janis Joplin, and Sly and the Family Stone were all booked to appear on the show.
- 1990: Garth Brooks’ album “No Fences” entered the US album chart. It went on to become the biggest selling country album of all time, selling over 13 million copies in the first five years of release.
- 1999: Diana Ross was arrested on Concorde after an incident at the Heathrow Airport. The singer claimed that a female security guard had touched her breast while being frisked; Ross retaliated by rubbing her hands down the security guard.
