1957Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Piano concerto premieres, played by his son Maxim at his graduation concert at Moscow's conservatory

1961 Alan Bennett, Peter Cook,Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller comedy revue "Beyond the Fringe" opens at the Fortune Theatre in London's West End

1963 Decca Records signsThe Rolling Stones on the advice of Beatles guitaristGeorge Harrison[1]

1967 Rolling Stones guitaristKeith Richards, and singerMick Jagger arrested on drug charges, based on evidence gathered in a February police raid of Richards' mansion in West Wittering, England

1980 Burt Shevelove's "Happy New Year", a musical adaptation of Phillip Barry's comic play "Holiday" using songs ofCole Porter, closes at the Morosco Theater, NYC, after 17 performances

1982 WABC radio (NYC) plays its last record -John Lennon's "Imagine" - and switches to all-talk format

1991 Oakland A's JoseCanseco is seen leaving singer Madonna's apartment

1994Barbra Streisand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years, at the Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland (after "warm-up" shows in Las Vegas and London)

1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards:Alan Jackson andReba McEntire win

2010 RapperFlavor Flav guest hosts the wrestling show WWE Raw

2011Christina Perri releases her debut studio album, "lovestrong"

2012 PopeBenedict XVI signs decree of canonization of Benedictine nun and composerHildegard von Bingen, completing sainthood process started in 1228

2013 Swedish pop singer Agnetha Faltskog releases a new album called "A"

2018R. Kelly's songs removed from Spotify playlists after sexual abuse allegations

2019Rihanna announces her new upmarket fashion label Fenty with world's largest luxury group LVMH, their first black female designer

2023Beyoncé begins her Renaissance World tour in Stockholm, Sweden, her first solo tour in seven years[1]