1955: Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and his Comets both appeared at Brooklyn High School auditorium, Cleveland.
1964: The Rolling Stones played their first live concert in France when they appeared at the Paris Olympia.
2003: A jury found Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy guilty of assaulting a nightclub worker. The singer was sentenced to complete 120 hours of unpaid community service and was ordered to pay her victim £500 compensation, plus £3,000 of prosecution costs. The singer had denied attacking toilet attendant Sophie Amogbokpa, saying she only punched her in self-defence. The charges stemmed from an incident at the Drink nightclub in Guildford, Surrey, on January 11th.
2005: Michael Jackson received a jury summons at his Neverland ranch in California four months after he was acquitted on child molestation charges. A spokesperson said it was likely he would be excused from serving due to the fact that he has lived in Bahrain since the trial.
2011: US photographer Barry Feinstein, best known for taking enduring pictures of musicians such as Bob Dylan and George Harrison died aged 80. Feinstein was responsible for capturing more than 500 record sleeves, including Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album and the cover photograph for Dylan’s album “The Times They Are A-Changin.” The Rolling Stones sleeve for “Beggars Banquet” shot in a graffiti-covered toilet, was also Feinstein’s work.
2014: The childhood home of former Beatle George Harrison sold at an auction at the Caver Club for $250,000. The three-bedroom, mid-terrace home was where The Quarrymen held some of their first rehearsals before the band evolved into The Beatles in 1960.
