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Nathaniel Sidney Hardy, Jr. is born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He will find success as a composer and keyboardist, working with artists including Chic, Madonna and Debbie Harry, as well as pursuing an acclaimed solo career.
British music video and film director Guy Ritchie is born in Hatfield, England, UK, Europe. He will be thrust into the limelight after marrying Madonna in 2000.
Kim Yi Seon is born in Seoul, South Korea, Asia. She will find success as popular 1980s singer Kim Wan-Sun, regarded as 'The Korean Madonna'.
Cher is playing during seven nights at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Madonna is interviewed on the set of the movie, Vision Quest, in Spokane, Washington, USA. Madonna has a cameo role in the film, as a singer performing in a night club.
This week’s edition of UK tv show Top Of The Pops, presented jointly by John Peel and Janice Long, features Shakin' Stevens, Madonna, Jermaine Jackson and Dead Or Alive.
Madonna's Like A Virgin tour plays at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Weird Al Yankovic releases a new single, Like A Surgeon, on Scotti Brothers Records in the USA. The track is a parody of Madonna's Like A Virgin.
Madonna, supported by Level 42, plays the first of two nights at Grant Stadium, New York City, USA.
Madonna makes her Broadway, New York City, USA, debut, playing a temp in a new play, Speed The Plow. The critics are distinctly underwhelmed by her thespian accomplishments. One describes her as “a joke, but not a funny one.”
On her Blond Ambition tour, Madonna plays the second of three nights at Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, Asia.
Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour plays the second of three nights at the SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prior to the show, Toronto police threatened to arrest Madonna if she performed her simulated masturbation scene during her performance of Like A Virgin. Madonna refused to change her show, and the authorities decided not to press charges, later denying that they had ever threatened to do so (a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna's 1991 documentary Truth or Dare).Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour plays the last of three nights at The Skydome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The local police, mindful of complaints of lewdness, ‘review’ the show. 
Keith Sorrentino, a 13 year old fan, files a $500,000 lawsuit against Madonna, claiming that she threw him to the ground in May 1988 during an incident outside her Central Park West, New York City, USA, apartment.
On her Blonde Ambition tour, Madonna plays the third of four (non-consecutive) nights at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Madonna rings UK record producer/recording artist William Orbit to ask if he would like to work on her forthcoming album. As yet un-named, it will eventually be released as Ray Of Light.Madonna wins the Michael Jackson International Artist of The Year Award, at the American Music Awards.
Madonna's album Ray Of Light is certified as 6x platinum in the UK. Her hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, is certified as 12x platinum in the UK.
A nude photograph of Madonna, taken in 1979, sets a new record when it sells for $37,500 (£26,000) at Christie's auction house in New York City, USA.
Scottish painter Peter Howson's portrait of Madonna naked with her husband Guy Ritchie fails to sell at auction in McTear's auction house, Glasgow, Scotland. The painting does not reach its reserve price of £15,000.
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Ellie Greenwich, co-composer of hit songs including Da Doo Ron Ron, Chapel of Love and Be My Baby, dies aged 68 of a heart attack at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, USA. On the same day, streets in the centre of Bucharest are closed and pedestrianised when Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour plays in Izvor Park, Bucharest, Romania. Also on this day, Bob Dylan officially announces that he will release a Christmas album, Christmas In The Heart, later in the year.
it is announced that Madonna has signed a new $3m deal to release her next three albums through Interscope Records, in collaboration with Live Nation.When Madonna and her latest man friend Brahim Zaibat dine out at the Osteria Cotta restaurant in New York City, USA, they bring their own wine and glasses. Speculation begins that Madonna may be something of a germophobe.
Madonna performs live at the Super Bowl XLVI in Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. A minor media uproar ensues when vocalist MIA raises her middle finger in a well-known obscene gesture to the camera, while performing with Madonna and Nikki Minaj. NBC later issues a public apology.
Robert Dewey Hoskins, a potentially violent escapee from a mental health facility in Norwalk, California, USA is reported to be back in police custody after being found in Long Beach, California. Hoskins was convicted of stalking Madonna in the 90s.It is announced that Madonna is being sued by VMG Salsoul for copyright infringement, on the grounds that string and horn parts of The Salsoul Orchestra's 1977 song Ooh I Love It [Love Break] were buried in the mix of her hit single Vogue The sample is said to have been purposely buried in the mix to avoid detection and was only detected through the use of sophisticated software analysis.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, USA.
On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Staples Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA. During the show, she dedicates a song to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani child activist shot in the head and neck one day earlier by a masked member of the Taliban.On the North American leg of her World Tour 2012, Madonna plays at The Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Rihanna scores her fourth UK No1 album with Unapologetic, on sales of just under 100,000 copies in its first week. The Official Charts Company confirms that the Bajan superstar has now equalled Madonna's chart record of three consecutive UK No1 albums.
Madonna sells a 1921 abstract painting - Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge by Fernand Leger - for $7m at Sotheby's in New York City, USA. The money is earmarked to fund girls' education projects worldwide via her Ray Of Light Foundation.
Singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen plays at Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.A male resident of Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia, in his late thirties is arrested for having hacked a computer belonging to Madonna and then leaking thirteen unfinished song demos.
Madonna falls off the stage during her performance of Living For Love at the 2015 Brit Awards in The O2 Arena, London, England, UK. She tumbles down a flight of stairs but is not seriously injured, and manages to continue her performance.
After her show at Bercy Arena, Paris, France, Europe, Madonna goes to The Place De La Republique, where she stages an impromptu mini-concert in memory of the 130 people who died in the recent terrorist attacks on the city.On her Rebel Heart tour, Madonna plays the second of two nights at Studio City Event Center, Macau, China, Asia, supported by Mary Mac.
On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fifteenth of sixteen shows at Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the seventh of ten shows at The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the second of four shows at The Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fifth of fifteen shows at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the eleventh of fifteen shows at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.On her Madame X tour, Madonna plays the fourteenth of fifteen shows at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.1964 |
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