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Country music star Charlie Rich dies in his sleep, aged 62, as a result of a pulmonary embolism while in a motel in Hammond, Louisiana, USA.
Nina Simone fires a gun at a pair of noisy teenagers playing next door to her home in southern France, Europe. She will be put on eighteen months probation and ordered to seek psychological counseling.
In the High Court, London, England, Europe, Mr. Justice Harman rules that poet Deborah Banks is entitled to a share of the royalties from the UB40 hit Don't Break My Heart. Miss Banks wrote the lyrics to the song, but never received any remuneration for her input.