2005 - Justin Timberlake wins libel suit against News Of The World for sex allegations.
2005 - Post Office at 4960 W. Washington in Los Angeles is named for Ray Charles.
1998 - A Shania Twain concert in Syracuse is halted when lightning hits near the stage.
1995 - Rolling Stones' Start Me Up is used in tv ads for Microsoft's new Windows 95.
1981 - Mark David Chapman gets 20-years-to-life sentence for murder of John Lennon.
1969 - Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant movie premieres in New York and Los Angeles.
1968 - Keith Moon of the Who drives a Lincoln into the pool at a Holiday Inn in Flint, MI.
1956 - Rory Blackwell performs at opening of Studio 51, London's first rock'n'roll club,
1950 - CBS Radio airs final episode of crime investigation program, Somebody Knows.
1924 - Louis Teicher, half of Ferrante & Teicher piano duo, born in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
1897 - Fred Rose, songwriter and co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publishing, born in Indiana.

Song Spotlight: Magnet & Steel by Walter Egan was at its peak position of #8 on the Hot 100 on this day in 1976. Born in 1948 in Jamaica, NY, Egan was in a surf band, the Malibooz, that was popular on the east coast, 1964-66. With the addition of lead singer Annie McLoone and other new members, the band evolved into a country-rock group, Sageworth. In 1972 Egan moved to Los Angeles and began performing with such artists as Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. Egan signed with Columbia in 1976. His first album was produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who sang harmony on several tracks. They also sang on Magnet & Steel, which was written by Egan and appeared on his second album. It reached #8 on the Hot 100 and #18 on the adult contemporary chart.