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Jack The Ripper claims his first [documented] victim, a prostitute called Mary Ann Nicholls in Whitechapel, London, UK. Although the full total of his victims is unknown, he will slaughter at least four more ladies of the night, [Annie Chapman, then Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly]. The Ripper's horrific crimes will inspire the comedy-rock'n'roll song Jack The Ripper in
1963 by Screaming Lord Sutch. Melodically, Jack The Ripper takes its inspiration directly from the 1960 hit Alley Oop by The Hollywood Argyles.
The Bowery Burlesquers are appearing at The Hopkins Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Moonlight Maids Burlesquers are playing at The Dewey Theatre, New York City, USA.The Columbia Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, USA, presents a burlesque show featuring The Social Maids with their 'sensational number' The Jelly Roll, described as 'the hit of the season'. The same show also offers Stone And Pillard - The Dancing Demons.
Three black men from the James Robinson Circus are in jail in Duluth, Minnesota, USA, accused of raping a teenage girl. Although a physician's examination found no evidence of rape or assault, a mob breaks them out of jail and lynches them. Postcards with pictures of the hanging will be sold as souvenirs. This incident will serve as the setting of Bob Dylan's epic 1965 song Desolation Row. [Dylan's father was living in Duluth at the time of the lynchings].
Ronnie Biggs is born in Lambeth, London, UK. He will find notoriety in 1963 as a member of the infamous Great Train Robbery gang, and will later record tracks with The Sex Pistols, Die Toten Hosen and others.
Richard Neville, who will become a controversial counter-culture editor, writer and broadcaster, is born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania. He is best-known as the founder of Oz magazine.
A knife fight erupts during a gig by Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames in The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, UK, between Johnny Edgecombe and Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon. Both men are lovers of Christine Keeler, and the fight is caused by their rivalry for her affections. Gordon's face is badly slashed and he vows revenge on Keeler for his injury.
Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusee, Peter Sellers, Joan Collins and others record the LP Fool Britannia for London Records in New York City, USA. The album features skits based on the recent Profumo Scandal which rocked the British political establishment. In the studio watching the recording are celebrities including Sammy Davis Jr, Vivien Leigh and Roddy McDowell. The album will peak at No10 in the charts.
Vic Damone releases a new single, Wives And Lovers, composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Aspiring young rock'n'roll artist Frank Zappa and go-go dancer Lorraine Belcher are arrested in Cucamonga, near Los Angeles, California, USA, for their part in manufacturing a sex audio tape. Zappa will spend ten days in jail as a result.Ronald
Biggs, serving a 30 year jail sentence for the 1963
Great Train Robbery, escapes from Wandsworth prison in London, UK, and flees to Brazil, from where authorities cannot extradite
him. His escape will inspire the Sex Pistols' 1978
song, No
One Is Innocent, featuring the lyric ,"Ronnie Biggs was doing
time, until he done a bunk, now he says he's seen the light, and
he's sold his soul for punk."
The Fugs play the last of five consecutive Saturday gigs at The Bridge Theatre, New York City, USA.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No1.
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Jonathan King, Dana Gillespie, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Alan David, Nita Rossi, Ronnie Jones and The Preachers make an afternoon appearance at the Radio London Club in The Marquee, London, England, UK. In the evening, the same line-up plays at The Palais, Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
Manfred Mann are banned from singing their current UK hit, a version of Bob Dylan's If You Gotta Go, Go Now, when they appear on the BBC tv show Gadzooks. The show's producer describes the song as "unsuitable".
John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, release a new single, I'm Your Witch Doctor on Immediate Records in the UK. The track is produced by Jimmy Page.
The Fugs play a midnight show at The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, USA.
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Are You Experienced, the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, enters the Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart in the USA, where it will remain for 106 weeks.The Pink Floyd play at The Saturday Scene in The Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
The Sex Pistols play at a "Valentine's Ball" in the studio of sculptor and performance artist Andrew Logan, Butler's Wharf, London, England, UK, Europe.A gig by The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Heartbreakers at Colston Hall, Bristol, UK, is cancelled. There are arguments about money at Glitterbest, the Pistols' management office, and their manager, Malcolm McLaren, has further meetings with EMI.
Glam punk rocker Jayne County opens her British tour at the Music Machine, Camden, London, England, UK, Europe. On her previous North American tour, she was a he – under the name of Wayne County.The Record Industry Association of America donates 8000 albums to the White House music library, including discs by the Sex Pistols, Kiss and Bob Dylan.
Millie Jackson plays at Night Out, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
Judge Judy Sheindlin, a Family Court judge in New York City, USA, orders singer Tom Jones to pay $200 weekly in child support to model Katherine Berkery. Sheindlin will go on to become a TV star known to millions as Judge Judy.
Two crew members and a vocalist with LL Cool J's band are scheduled for court appearances after being charged with raping a 13-year-old girl who attended a post-concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Popular rock songwriter and singer Cazuza dies of AIDS, aged 32, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America.When Rod Stewart marries New Zealand model Rachel Hunter in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, he is quoted as saying, "I've found the girl that I want. I won't be putting my banana in anybody's fruit bowl from now on'. The couple will part in 1999.
Michael Jackson and wife Lisa Marie Presley tell US TV interviewer Diane Sawyer they are a normal couple who have sex and hope to have a child soon.
The body of Rick James lies in state for the second time. This time it is at St. John Baptist Church, Goodell Street, Buffalo, New York State, USA. Later he is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetary, Buffalo.
Britney Spears is photographed in public wearing a t-shirt bearing the slogan MILF In Training. In recent days she has also been seen out and about wearing such slogans as I'm A Virgin (but this is an old t-shirt), How Could I Say No? and Shut Up And Do Me. Speculation mounts about why she has chosen to present such messages to the watching world.
Derrick Mosely appears in Federal Court in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on charges of extortion. It is alleged that Mosely tried to blackmail a sports agent for $20,000 by claiming to have videotapes of Yankees baseball star Gary Sheffield's wife having sex with singer R. Kelly.
Pop star Mandy Moore launches her own clothing line, Mblem, in the USA, focussing on "functional, casual and sexy" t-shirts with a price tag around $50.
Jamie Masada, owner of comedy camp The Laugh Factory, testifies in the Michael Jackson child molestation case in Santa Maria, California, USA. He states that he received a call from the mother of Jackson's young accuser, claiming that she and her children were being held against their will at Jackson's Neverland ranch. But under cross-examination, he reveals that he never alerted police.
Bruce Springsteen is named in a divorce petition filed in Monmouth County Superior Court by Arthur Kelly of Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. The petition accuses The Boss of committing adultery with a New Jersey woman named Ann Kelly 'at various times and places too numerous to mention'.
UK pop star Cheryl Cole dumps her footballer husband Ashley Cole by text message. In recent days, four women had claimed to have had sex with the footballer.
It is reported that Kiss has been dropped from the line-up of an upcoming Michael Jackson tribute concert in Cardiff, Wales. The decision was taken in the light of objections from fans and the singer's estate regarding bassist Gene Simmons' remarks stating that he believed the late singer had molested children.
The Killers headline the final night of the V Festival in Chelmsford, England, UK. During the day, members of One Direction are seen partying with singer/X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos and Caroline Flack. It is also during this event that Tulisa assaults celebrity blogger Savvas Morgan, who she believes to have been responsible for putting her sex tape online.
Two of the conical bra stage costumes worn onstage by Madonna during her Blonde Ambtion Tour in 1990 are sold to a private bidder for almost £50,000 at Christie's Auction House in London, England, UK, Europe.
Rapper Christ Bearer, aka Andre Johnson, of the group Northstar is found seriously injured on the sidewalk outside his apartment in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital where it is learned that, while under the influence of PCP, he had cut off his own penis before jumping from the balcony of his apartment.
British Radio DJ Neil 'Dr' Fox is arrested at Magic FM studios in London, England, Europe, in connection with claims that he sexually assaulted two women.
In an interview on the BBC Radio show Woman's Hour, Chrissie Hynde criticises some modern female singers, describing them as 'sex workers' for selling their music by 'bumping and grinding' in their underwear. 
It is announced that Sir Cliff Richard has been questioned again by South Yorkshire police in relation to allegation made against him that he sexually assaulted a young boy in the 1980s.
Bruce Springsteen cancels a concert in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, because of a state law which has invalidated anti-discrimination measures that protected gay and transgender people. The law also requires people to use public toilets that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificates.
Cleveland radio station WDOK announces that it has removed the 1944 classic Baby, It's Cold Outside from its playlist, declaring that its lyric could be interpreted - in the age of the MeToo movement - as sexual harassment. In the song, a man tries to encourage a woman to remain with him because the weather is inclement.
In an Instagram posting, Duffy reveals that she was raped, drugged and held captive over several days at some point over the last decade.1888 |
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