2008 – A jury convicts rapper Remy Ma of assault charges stemming from a shooting outside a Manhattan night club.
2008 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Bleeding Love,” Leona Lewis.
2007 – Singer-songwriter Faustino Oramas of the Buena Vista Social Club dies of cancer in Holguin, Cuba. He is 95.
2006 – Pete Wells of Australian band Rose Tattoo dies of cancer in a Sydney hospital. He is 59.
2005 – Mexican singer Rigo Tovar dies of heart failure in Mexico City. He is 59.
2000 – Ian Dury of Ian Dury and the Blockheads dies in England of cancer at the age of 57.
1993 – Jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan dies of cancer in Manhattan at age 61.
1987 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Lean on Me,” Club Nouveau.
1986 – Sammy Hagar performs his first concert as the lead singer of Van Halen.
1984 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Footloose,” Kenny Loggins.
1979 – Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd, for whom Clapton wrote the song, “Layla.” The wedding takes place in Tucson, Ariz.
1974 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” John Denver.
1970 – Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler is born in London.
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1970 – Mariah Carey is born in Huntington, N.Y.
1965 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Stop! In the Name of Love,” the Supremes.
1959 – Andrew Farriss of INXS is born in Perth, Australia.
1954 – Wally Stocker of the Babys, Air Supply and Humble Pie is born in New Cross, England.
1950 – Tony Banks of Genesis is born in Sussex, England.
1948 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Manana (Is Enough for Me),” Peggy Lee.
1946 – Andy Bown of Status Quo is born in London.
1944 – Pianist, arranger and record producer Bebu Silvetti is born near Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1940 – Ska musician Derrick Morgan is born in Mocho, Jamaica.
1924 – Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan is born in Newark, N.J.