
Undated -- On Nov. 19, 1964, The Beefeaters changed their name to The Byrds.
In 1968, Diana Ross interrupted a set by The Supremes at the Royal Command Variety Performance in London to make a plea for racial harmony. The audience applauded for two minutes.
In 1970, James Brown married Dierdre Jenkins at her home in South Carolina.
In 1979, Chuck Berry was released from a prison farm in California after serving two months for tax evasion in 1973.
In 1990, pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy because other singers had lent their voices to the "Girl You Know It's True" album.
In 1993, Nirvana taped an all-acoustic show in New York for "MTV Unplugged." It aired a month later.
In 2001, Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was arrested in Las Vegas for domestic battery after getting into a fight with his wife. He later pleaded guilty and was ordered to undergo counseling.
In 2002, Michael Jackson dangled his baby son over a fourth-floor balcony at a hotel in Berlin for fans waiting outside.
In 2005, Gary Glitter was arrested while trying to board a flight from Vietnam to Thailand. He was later convicted of child molestation.
Also in 2005, Christina Aguilera married music executive Jordan Bratman in California's Napa Valley.
Also in 2005, Kiss frontman Paul Stanley married Erin Sutton in Pasadena, California.
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