1964: The Supremes became the first all girl group to have a UK No.1 single when ‘Baby Love’ went to the top of the charts. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it was also the second of five Supremes songs in a row to go to No.1 in the United States.
1965: The Kinks, The Who, Georgie Fame & The Blue Fames, The Hollies, Wilson Pickett and The Golden Apples Of The Sun all appeared at the Glad Rag Ball, Empire Pool, London. Tickets were $4.20.
1969: Chuck Berry was released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for tax evasion.
2000: LeAnn Rimes started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Can’t Fight The Moonlight’, the singer’s first UK chart topper. The song was written by Diane Warren and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly.
2001: Scott Weiland, lead singer with The Stone Temple Pilots, was arrested after allegedly fighting with his wife at the Hard Rock hotel in Las Vegas. Weiland was booked on one count of domestic battery and was released 12 hours later. The band had performed at the club that night.
2002: Safety experts blasted Michael Jackson after dangling his baby from a third-floor hotel balcony. Jackson was in Berlin for an awards ceremony and was showing his nine-month old baby to his fans outside the hotel.
2012: Two farmers were found not guilty of health and safety offenses after a giant hay bale crushed former ELO cellist Mike Edwards to death. He was killed instantly when the 1,300-pound bale rolled down a field and landed on his van near Totnes in Devon in September 2010. In March 2011 in Plymouth an inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death on Mr Edwards.
