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While vocalist and guitarist Robb Flynn of metal group Machine Head is collecting his
son from school, thieves break into his home in the Martinez/Virginia Hills area of California, USA, and steal jewellery and guitars.
On her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at The Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA. Gaga stops the show at one point to admonish two members of the audience who she has noticed are fighting.
Mark Chapman, the killer of John Lennon of The Beatles, is denied parole for the sixth time after his parole board interviews him by teleconference at Attica Correctional Facility, New York State, USA. During the interview, Chapman told the parole board that in 1980 he had drawn up a list of people he wanted to kill, which included actress Elizabeth Taylor and talk show host Johnny Carson as well as Lennon.
Jamie Price, the 23-year-old son of electronic music artist Goldie, is sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum tariff of 21 years, for stabbing a member of a rival gang to death.
Mocienne Petit Jackson, who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Michael Jackson, has her request for a DNA paternity test thrown out by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The XX win the 2010 Mercury Music Prize for their debut album, XX, at an awards ceremony in The Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK.
C.W.Stoneking And His Primitive Horn Orchestra play at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK.
The 1975 single Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is voted the greatest "lighter in the air song of all time" in a poll conducted by lighter company Zippo, scooping 33 percent of all votes cast.