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French forces under Napoleon defeat Russian forces commanded by General Mikhail Kutuzov, with the loss of up to 100,000 soldiers, at The Battle Of Borodino, Borodino, to the west of Moscow. The battle will inspire Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture which depicts the military action in music. The triumphant main theme from the 1812 Overture will, in its turn, inspire the opening guitar riff for the 1966 hit single Night Of Fear by The
Move.
At the end of the 1814 bombardment of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, an American flag featuring 15 stars and fifteen stripes, is raised to show that America has saved the city from the British attackers. Seeing this, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key is inspired to write a poem which, in turn, will inspire the song The Star-Spangled Banner which will become the National Anthem Of The United States Of America.
During World War I, up to 100,000 British and German troops along the Western Front in Belgium, Europe, take part in an unofficial truce, singing Christmas carols together, exchanging gifts and even playing football. The incident, later to be known as The Christmas Truce, will inspire Peter Hooton of The Farm to write their major hit single, All Together Now.
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Private William McBride of the Inniskilling Fusiliers is killed during the First World War in the trenches near Authuille, France, Europe. His death will inspire folk songwriter Eric Bogle to write the song No Man's Land aka The Green Fields Of France which has been recorded by, among others, The Fureys, The Dropkick Murphys and Joss Stone And Jeff Beck.
The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic by two British battle cruisers. From a crew of over 2,200 men, only 114 survive. The incident is recorded in the 1960 song Sink The Bismarck by Johnny Horton, which reached No6 in the USA and No1 in Canada.
Sonny Boy Williamson 1st records Win The War Blues, Miss Stella Brown Blues and Check Up On My Baby in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Slim Gaillard Quartet records Atomic Cocktail for Atomic Inc Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
During her tv show in the USA, Judy Garland sings The Battle Hymn Of The Republic in memory of the recently assassinated President John Kennedy.
In Aarhus Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark, Europe, Roger Daltrey of The Who punches out drummer Keith Moon and is almost thrown out of the band. Later that night, they play a second gig in Fredrikstorv, Aalborg. Also on the bill are The Ex-Checkers, The Beethovens, The Pitfires, The Snakes and Hanne.
With recently sacked vocalist Roger Daltrey back in the band, The Who play at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, Europe
The stage of the Rome Pop Festival, Rome, Italy, Europe, is stormed by riot police during a live set by The Move.
John Lennon of The Beatles holds a press conference at Apple Records HQ in Savile Row, London, England, UK, Europe, during which he announces a plan to make a film with the parents of convicted murderer James Hanratty, who many people believed to have been innocent.
John Lennon (of The Beatles] and Yoko Ono pay for Billboards to go up in eleven cities around the world, declaring, "War Is Over! If You Want It!"
Charlie Schwedler, singer and leader of the Nazi propaganda jazz band Charlie And His Orchestra during World War 2, dies in Tegernsee, Bavria, Germany, Europe. The band's bizarre repertoire included such songs as Let's Go Bombing and Submarines, along with Nazi-oriented parodies of popular American jazz hits of the day.
Having just completed a UK tour, Derek And The Dominos, featuring Eric Clapton, fly from London, UK, to Miami, Florida, USA, where
they are to begin recording an album in Criteria Studios with producer Tom Dowd.
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When The Everly Brothers appear at The John Wayne Theatre, Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, USA, Don Everly is so drunk on tequila that he repeatedly forgets the lyrics he is supposed to sing. Furious, Phil Everly smashes his guitar and storms off stage. Don plays the final set of the day alone. The duo breaks up immediately after.
The Clash play ‘A Night Of Pure Energy’ at The ICA, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Subway Sect. Shane MacGowan, not yet a member of The Pogues, is in the crowd and is bitten on the earlobe by Jane Crockford of The Modettes.
Jerry Lee Lewis, brandishing a Derringer pistol, drives to Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and demands that Elvis Presley should come out to speak with him. Elvis declines. Jerry Lee goes home.
On the Never Say Die! tour, Black Sabbath are scheduled to play at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, supported by Van Halen. Unfortunately, Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne fails to turn up forcing the show to be cancelled, resulting in an audience riot. It transpires that the exhausted Osbourne had fallen asleep in the wrong hotel room and slept the clock round, waking up at 6.00am the next morning.
When Pat Benatar plays a concert as a live radio broadcast from Fort Lauderdale, Texas, USA, the show is interrupted by a bomb threat, which thankfully turns out to be a hoax.
George Harrison takes part in a Friends Of The Earth anti-nuclear march in London, England, UK, Europe.
Thin Lizzy release a new single, King's Call, in the UK. In a hotel in Southampton, England, UK, Europe, after this day's concert, Phil Lynott is hit by a bottle, knocked out and has his head gashed over his eye.
The No Nukes concert movie, starring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, The Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt and Gil Scott-Heron, opens at The Dominion, London, England, UK, Europe.
Reverend Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (Aretha Franklin's father) dies aged 69, five years after being shot during a robbery attempt at his home in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The incident left him in a coma until his death.
Having pleaded 'no contest' to a charge of voluntary manslaughter, Marvin Gaye Sr is given five years probation for shooting his son.
Mal Evans, long-term roadie for The Beatles, is shot dead when he threatens police officers in Los Angeles, California, USA, with an unloaded rifle during a domestic dispute.
Joe Cole, a roadie for Black Flag and Rollins Band, is shot dead during an armed robbery outside his home in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Noel Gallagher is treated for a head injury after Oasis are attacked on stage at the Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, on the first date of their national tour.
Former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown is jailed for four months for having threatened the captain and a flight attendant on British Airways flight BA 1611 from Charles De Gaulle airport, Paris, France, to London, England, UK, Europe, earlier in the year.
The website run by political activist rock band Rage Against the Machine is closed, allegedly by the Secret Service in the USA, who are angered that the group has voiced opinions which are not in line with the US government's views of the World Trade Center attack.
Pete Doherty, former vocalist with UK band The Libertines is arrested in The Rookery Hotel, London, on charges of assault, following an alleged attack on documentary film-maker Max Carlish.
Pioneering rock'n'roller Hasil Adkins, known to aficionados as 'The Haze', is deliberately run over in his front yard by a teenager driving an all-terrain vehicle. Adkins will be found dead in his home in Madison, West Virginia, USA, ten days later.
A woman in Northam, near Perth, Western Australia, Oceania, stabs her husband repeatedly with a pair of scissors for driving her to distraction by repeatedly playing Burning Love by Elvis Presley.
Police in Lorena, Texas, USA, issue two warrants for the arrest of country music singer and songwriter Billy Joe Shaver who recently shot Billy Bryant Coker, in the face with a handgun, following a confrontation in Papa Joe's Texas Saloon.
Boy George, formerly the lead singer of Culture Club, is sentenced to jail for fifteen months at Snaresbrook Crown Court, East London, England, UK, Europe, after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning and beating a Norwegian male escort, Audun Carlsen, almost two years earlier.
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.
Rapper Gucci Mane is arrested in Georgia, USA, and charged with pushing a woman out of a moving car some weeks previously.Music executive John Atterberry who worked on albums by the Spice Girls and Jessica Simpson, is shot in the face and upper body in an apparently random attack as he drives his Mercedes-Benz near Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.
South Korean pop-rapper Psy apologises publicly for past concerts featuring anti-American lyrics, ahead of a holiday performance to be attended by U.S. President Barack Obama and his family. The lyrics in question were part of a protest against the deaths of two teenage South Korean girls who were run over by a U.S. tank stationed in the country.
While the band Kombo Kolombia is playing at a party in a warehouse in the town of Hidalgo, Nueva Leon, Mexico, Central America, ten gunmen burst in and force eighteen musicians and crew members into waiting vehicles. A week later, with the help of one victim who escaped, seventeen bodies will be recovered from a nearby well.
Randy Blythe, vocalist with Lamb Of God, is cleared in court in Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, of charges of causing bodily harm resulting in death, in connection with the death of a fan who jumped onstage three years earlier during a concert.
Patti Labelle is charged with assault following a violent altercation with Aretha Franklin at a gig in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Labelle and Franklin had also had a run-in at the recent Women Of Soul concert in The White House, Washington DC, USA.
Peter Gabriel cancels tonight's planned concert in Kiev, Ukraine, Europe, due to security concerns as violence continues to sweep the country. Depeche Mode, Aerosmith and Motorhead have all recently cancelled shows in Ukraine.
Three people are shot in an SUV in the parking lot outside Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA, after a concert by Schoolboy Q, Nas and Flying Lotus. Schoolboy Q, a passenger in the SUV, is later detained and handcuffed but is not charged.
Damon Albarn, Songhoy Blues and Nahawa Doumbia play at Festival Acoustik in the Institut Francais, Bamako, Mali, Africa. The event has gone ahead despite recent ISIS bombings in Mali, and is seen as a celebration of the country's rich musical heritage in defiance of extremist groups and a state of emergency.
Incognito, a rapper in the drill music scene in London, England, UK, Europe, is stabbed to death. It is later learned that he had been cleared at the Old Bailey in January of murdering Abdirahman Mohamed. Incognito is the second member of drill music group Moscow17 to have been killed on Warham Street, Camberwell, in three months.
Humanitarian musician, philanthropist and politician Bobi Wine is arrested in Uganda, Africa, on charges alleging unlawful possession of firearms and incitement to violence.
Oritse Williams, formerly a member of boy band JLS, is charged with raping a fan at a hotel in Wolverhampton, England, UK, Europe in December 2016.Chris Brown responds to recent criticism from Scottish band Chvrches with an Instagram posting calling them 'the type of people I wish walked in front of a speeding bus full of mental patients.'
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