Violence

The Battle Of The Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, begins near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory, near what eventually became Crow Agency, Montana, USA. By the end of the following day, combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people will have defeated the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army and killed their commander, General George Custer. A humourous 1960 re-telling of the conflict, Mr Custer by Larry Verne, presents the battle from the perspective of an unwilling cavalryman, who has had a grim premonition of the battle in a dream. It will reach No1 in the USA.

Notorious outlaw Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania. His violent life and crimes will inspire, among others, the songs Ned Kelly (1971) by Johnny Cash, The Ballad Of Ned Kelly (1970) by Fotheringay and Blame It On The Kellys by Waylon Jennings.

Singing cowboy Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim) records Good-Bye Maria I'm Off To Korea for RCA Victor Records in the USA.

American vocalist Al Martino, on tour in the UK, is threatened on the phone by John Cobb, who claims to have written Martino's hits Wanted and Here In My Heart. Unless he is financially compensated, says Cobb, he will knife Martino. Police are on the alert at Martino's Finsbury Park Astoria concert that night, but nothing transpires.

American vocalist Al Martino, on tour in the UK, is threatened on the phone by John Cobb, who claims to have written Martino's hits Wanted and Here In My Heart. Unless he is financially compensated, says Cobb, he will knife Martino. Police are on the alert at Martino's Finsbury Park Astoria concert that night, but nothing transpires.

A rousing performance by Little Richard at The Cotton Club, Lubbock, Texas, results in the venue being shut down when fights break out among the crowd.

Ella Fitzgerald, known as 'The First Lady Of Song', is attacked on stage by a member of the audience during a show at the Warner Theater, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

Phil Ochs records several tracks for Broadside magazine in New York City, USA, including Talking Cuban Crisis, How Long and Never Again.

Bo Diddley plays the second of two nights at The Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA. The live album Bo Diddley's Beach Party is recorded during these shows, despite the shows being broken up by local police because black members of Bo's band are seen dancing with white teenagers.

Seriously drunk blues musician and recording artist Pat Hare is arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, for the murders by shooting of his married girlfriend and an attending police officer. He will be sentenced to life imprisonment. Throughout the 1940s and '50s Hare had been an in-demand accompanist to a roster of blues greats including Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Junior Parker.

The Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley musical The Roar of the Greasepaint

Chet Atkins records Mack The Knife, Le Le La, The Song From Moulin Rouge and As Long As He Needs Me, at RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

The Rolling Stones, supported by The Hollies and Dave Berry, play at The Odeon, Rochester, UK. During the day, a scuffle follows an incident in which a security guard tries to prevent The Rolling Stones from entering the theatre.

Donovan performs in a Ban The Bomb concert, Folk '65, at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe, along with Julie Felix and the Ian Campbell Folk Group.

Phil Ochs sings about the Vietnam war at a teach-in sponsored by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and Students for Peace in Vietnam, at McMillian Auditorium, Columbia University, New York City, USA. The teach-in was, reportedly, aimed at high school students in attempt to organize and give expression to high school sentiment on the war in Vietnam.

Country Joe And The Fish and The Fugs play in a benefit for Vietnam war resisters at The Palladium, New York City, USA.

Wes Montgomery records Road Song, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, The Green Leaves Of Summer and Greensleeves, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for A And M Records.

Hippies in People's Park, Berkeley, California, USA, are attacked by police and US National Guard - an incident later recorded in The Beach Boys' song Student Demonstration Time.

Racially motivated disturbances erupt in Freehold, New Jersey, USA. This so-called riot will provide subject matter for Bruce Springsteen's 1985 hit single My Hometown.

John Lee Hooker records I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam, Messin' Round With The Blues and Hold On Baby, at Vault Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. Earl Hooker plays guitar on these tracks.

At State Pavilion, New York City, USA, during The Stooges' first national tour of the USA, vocalist Iggy Pop gouges his own flesh with a pair of drumsticks, thus initiating rock's unhealthy obsession with self-mutilation.

Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Jackson attempts to negotiate the release of the jailed Soledad Brothers (including his older brother George) by kidnapping Superior Court judge Harold Haley from the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California. The attempt goes disastrously wrong when a shootout erupts, leaving four men dead, including both Jackson and Judge Haley. The incident will propel Angela Davis, owner of the weapons used by Jackson, to national infamy because of media coverage around the manhunt launched to find her. As a political activist, academic and author, Davis attracted much sympathy, and her story will inspire The Rolling Stones' song Sweet Black Angel (1972), and the John Lennon/Yoko Ono song Angela (1972).

Crazed hippie murderer Charles Manson, who claimed his orgy of violence was inspired by the lyrics of songs by The Beatles, is sentenced to death by Judge Charles H. Older in Los Angeles, California, USA. Manson is now sent to death row at San Quentin.

When police raid former Sex Pistols' vocalist John Lydon’s home for the second time in a month, they encounter him brandishing a ceremonial sword.

When The Specials and The Swinging Cats play on Midsummer Common, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe, fighting erupts in the audience. Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of The Specials will later be charged with inciting violent behaviour.

Argentina surrenders The Falkland Islands to an invading British Force, bringing The Falklands War to an end. Many songs will be written about this conflict, widely believed to be unjust, among them How Does It Feel To Be The Mother Of 1000 Dead by British anarcho-punk band Crass.

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.

Sounds music newspaper in the UK reports that Ian McCulloch of Echo And The Bunnymen has lost his assault case against Eric Newby, a bouncer at the 1984 York Festival. The court case stemmed from the band's headline gig at York Rock Festival at York Racecourse, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe, where there was an altercation between singer McCulloch and Newby. McCulloch claimed to have been beaten up backstage, but Newby denied the charge and magistrates decided there was no case to answer.

When Mrs Brenda Richie finds her Motown recording star spouse, Lionel, in the love nest of a Miss Diane Alexander, she becomes enraged and is soon after arrested on charges of assault, resisting arrest, trespass, battery, vandalism and disturbing the peace.

Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan is taken to hospital after being shot in the arm and back while trying to prevent a robbery at his cousin's home in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.

When rapper Nas fails to turn up for a show at the Jack Byrne Arena, Torbay, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, a near riot ensures, with several arrests being made. Nas later states that he didn't play because he was not paid the fee for the show, reportedly $47,000.

A policeman is injured and 120 people are arrested during a Metallica concert for 50,000 fans in the Club Hipico horse-racing grounds, Santiago, Chile, South America. Police report that most of the arrests took place when hundreds of fans without tickets tried to force their way into the venue.

A free concert by Drake and Hanson at South Street Seaport, New York City, USA, is cancelled at the last moment causing chaos and anger in the 250,000 crowd.

Matthew John Hall of Wellington, New Zealand, death metal band Backyard Burial, is found dead by a flatmate at his Johnsonville flat, from multiple stab wounds.

Reggae pioneer Winston Riley is shot in the head at his home in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. Riley, a noted producer and also founder of The Techniques, had been the target of previous unexplained attacks in 2011, including being shot in August and stabbed in September. He will not, however, survive this attack.

Having completed half of his six months of community service, R'n'B star Chris Brown is ordered by a judge to remain under supervised probation as he works towards completing his sentence for assaulting his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

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.

It is announced that a new Amnesty International anti-torture poster campaign in Belgium, Europe, features the face of Iggy Pop. The poster image shows Iggy's face bloodied and beaten and quotes him as saying, "The future of rock and roll is Justin Bieber" - intended to convey the idea that only under torture would Iggy ever say such a thing.

Deandre Hughes, Bianca Young and Javon Almond are charged with murder in connection with an August 3 incident in which a 32-year-old man was killed and a 21-year-old man wounded in gunfire outside The Bodi nightclub, Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the rapper Nas was having an unofficial after-show party, following his appearance at Lollapalooza earlier in the day.

Rapper/entrepreneur Puff Daddy (aka P.Diddy, real name Sean Combs) becomes involved in an altercation in a nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. A fan in the club, angered that the rapper arrived late and spent very little time on stage, claims to have been punched when he remonstrated with Daddy.

It is reported that Rod Stewart and his adult son Sean Stewart have been summoned to appear in court in Florida. This follows an incident on New Year's Eve, in which Stewart became embroiled in an altercation during which he punched security guard Jesse Dixon at Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.