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At an auction in the Hard Rock Cafe, London, UK, a 1965 Stratocaster once owned by Jimi Hendrix is sold for £100,000. A poem written by Hendrix after his incendiary performance at The Monterey Pop Festival is sold for £10,000, and a signed copy of The Jimi Hendrix Experience debut single, Hey Joe, sells for £2,000.
Rapper Lil' Kim is convicted in New York City, USA, of lying to a federal grand jury investigating a shooting outside a radio station. Sentencing is deferred until June.
Reggae singer Sizzla is among thirty-three people arrested when a co-ordinated police/military raid in the community of August Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, finds six AK-47 rifles, three sniper rifles, a submachine gun and 58 rounds of ammunition.
Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder case in Los Angeles, california, USA, put forward a motion asking the judge to permit evidence at the upcoming trial that the record producer has a history of pulling guns on women, detailing nine such incidents since 1972.
Janet Jackson secures a restraining order against Robert Gardner, said to have been harassing her for nine years. Gardner, 46, is ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Jackson and not to contact the entertainer, her family, agents, attorneys or managers.
Michael Jackson, having recovered from a flu attack, is discharged from the Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, USA.