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These are events from 1993, the year I graduated elementary school. I should edit. But I decline. Events January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992. January 12 - The original members of Cream reunite for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, California January 13 - Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia for simulating a sex act onstage. February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview in 15 years. February 14 - Harry Nilsson suffers a non fatal heart attack March 4 - Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame April - Green Day signs a contract to Reprise Records April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz. April 16 - Paul McCartney headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate "Earth Day". Other performers included Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley April 21 - Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries Suzanne Accosta April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter M. Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California April 24 - Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa April 29 - An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of The Simpsons. October 3 - Sin ad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live November - New opera house opens in Helsinki, Finland November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder was arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl. The Wu-Tang Clan's musical career begins Beck's musical career begins Bush's musical career begins Weezer's musical career begins Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement which is broadcast live on television. Big Ass Truck form Citizen King form The Crystal Method form Jimmy Eat World form Nada Surf form Oasis form in Manchester, England Natalie Merchant leaves 10,000 Maniacs after being in the band for twelve years. Albums released Happy Nation - Ace of Base Dirt - Alice In Chains Breaking Things - All Sound of White Noise - Anthrax Rise - Bad Brains Recipe For Hate - Bad Religion Crazy Legs - Jeff Beck Debut - Bj rk Flyswatter - Blink-182 (debut EP demo) Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur Last Splash - The Breeders Candlebox - Candlebox Charlie Hunter Trio - Charlie Hunter Trio Both Sides - Phil Collins Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde Close As Pages In A Book - Barbara Cook Coverdale Page - Coverdale Page Near Death Experience - Cro-Mags August and Everything After - Counting Crows (debut) Kerosene Hat - Cracker Focus - Cynic Black Sunday - Cypress Hill Individual Thought Patterns - Death Amon: Feasting the Beast - Deicide The Colour of My Love - C line Dion Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Wolverine Blues - Entombed Soul of a New Machine - Fear Factory (debut) Mr. Machinery Operator - fIREHOSE Transmissions from the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips In on the Kill Taker - Fugazi Insanity and Genius - Gamma Ray Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls (first album in three years) The Spagetti Incident - Guns 'N' Roses Take Me As I Am - Faith Hill (debut) Ringmaster - Insane Clown Posse (2nd Joker's card) Spilt Milk - Jellyfish Jerky Boys 1 - Jerky Boys (debut) Nightcap - Jethro Tull Diary of A Mad Band - Jodeci Happy Hour - King Missile Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravitz Bridges To Bert - Leftover Salmon Aurora Gory Alice - Letters To Cleo (debut) Far Gone - Love Battery So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star Houdini - Melvins Boces - Mercury Rev Something for Joey - Mercury Rev Covenant - Morbid Angel Bargainville - Moxy Fr vous Gun Crazy - Mr. T Experience Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew - Mudhoney Are You Normal? - Ned's Atomic Dustbin Live Seeds - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds In Utero - Nirvana (final album) White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean - NOFX Don't Miss the Train - No Use for a Name Igniton - The Offspring I Hear Black - Overkill Icon - Paradise Lost Vs. - Pearl Jam Unknown Road - Pennywise Rid of Me - PJ Harvey 4-Track Demos - PJ Harvey Porno for Pyros - Porno for Pyros (debut) Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut) Counterparts - 15th studio album by Rush Edge of Thorns - Savatage Chaos A.D. - Sepultura Out the Shizzy - 7 Seconds Smeared - Sloan Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab Elemental - Tears for Fears Music - 311 (debut) Undertow - Tool (debut full-length) Kingdom of Desire - Toto Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative Zooropa - U2 Live MCMXCIII - The Velvet Underground Pop Smear - The Verve Pipe (debut full-length) Pull - Winger *************************************************** These are events from 1980. I was one yeard old that March. Events January January 1 - Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. The only other pop music acts to be created MBEs are the Beatles and Elton John January 2 - At the age of 45, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators are never able to determine whether his death was a murder or suicide. January 13 - The Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys and Jefferson Starship perform at a benefit concert at Oakland Coliseum for the people of Kampuchea. January 16 - Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. The remaining part of McCartney's tour had to be canceled. January 25 - Paul McCartney is released from a Tokyo jail and is kicked out of the country by Japanese authorities. January - Daniel Amos and Randy Stonehill wrap up the first part of the Amos and Randy Tour in Toronto. Both artists are joined on stage by Larry Norman for an encore. The event makes the news on local television and newspapers. February February 8 - David Bowie and his wife of nearly 10 years, Angie, file for divorce. Bowie gets custody of their 9 year old son, Zowie February 14 - Lou Reed marries Sylvia Morales in New York City's Greenwich Village February 21 - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies in London after choking on his own vomit following an all-night drinking binge. February 29 - Buddy Holly's trademark glasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are "rediscovered" in old police files by the Mason City Sheriff. Holly and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crashed on February 3, 1959. March March 1 - Patti Smith marries former MC5 member Fred Sonic Smith March 3 - Sotheby's Auction house in London auctions off a Rivera Hotel, Las Vegas napkin signed by Elvis Presley for 500 pounds. Other items auctioned included four American dollar bills autographed by the Beatles, for 220 pounds and a collection of personal letters belonging to the Rolling Stones, also for 220 pounds March 14 - Record producer Quincy Jones receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame March 19 - Elvis Presley's autopsy is subpoened during the trial of Dr. George Nichopoulous, who would later be found guilty of overprescribing drugs to Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and other clients. March 29 - Ronald Selle, wins a lawsuit filed against the Bee Gees, Paramount Pictures and Polygram Records. Selle alleged that the Bee Gees' song "How Deep is Your Love" plagiarized two sections of a song he wrote called "Let it End." The Bee Gees claim they never heard Selle's song. (The Bee Gees successfully appeal the decision in 1983.) April-December April 13 - The Broadway musical Grease closes its run of 3,883 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time. April 14 - A member of the New Jersey State assembly introduces a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" the official state song. April 17 - As the "official guests of State", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Marley calls the event the "greatest honor of my life." April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. November 21 - The Eagles' Don Henley is arrested when cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana were found in his hotel room after a nude 16 year old prostitute had drug-related seizures. Henley is also subsequently charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. December - Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor December 8 - John Lennon is shot and killed outside of his apartment building in New York City. unknown dates The single "Groovy Ghost Show" by Casper is the first recorded hip hop music from Chicago Hee Bee Gee Bees release cutting parody of Bee Gees' disco-style single. Though not a hit in the UK, it is a huge success elsewhere, particularly in Australia, and helps to encourage the Gibb brothers to diversify stylistically Network Riddum Band's Breaking Out is the first occurrence of the term rapso as the musical genre continues its popularization Seals & Crofts break up Mercyful Fate forms Minor Threat forms The Sisters of Mercy forms Phil Collins signs a contract with Atlantic Records after leaving Genesis H sker D forms, and signs a contract with SST Records Albums released A-C Back in Black - AC/DC I'm a Rebel - Accept Aerosmith's Greatest Hits - Aerosmith The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Autoamerican - Blondie Eat to the Beat - Blondie Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow Hold Out - Jackson Browne Catholic Boy - Jim Carroll Band Panorama - The Cars XIV - Chicago Humans - Bruce Cockburn Flush the Fashion - Alice Cooper Get Happy!!! - Elvis Costello & the Attractions Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross Group Sex - The Circle Jerks (debut) London Calling - The Clash (2-record set) Sandinista! - The Clash (3-record set) Stations of the Crass'' - Crass D-E On Throught the Night - Def Leppard (debut) Freedom of Choice - Devo Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head Making Movies - Dire Straits Live - The Eagles (2-record set) Just One Night - Eric Clapton The Inside Story - Robben Ford Head Games - Foreigner Peter Gabriel III - Peter Gabriel After Dark - Andy Gibb Loud N" Clear - Sammy Hagar Voices - Daryl Hall & John Oates Roses in the Snow - Emmylou Harris Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Sound Affects - The Jam A - Jethro Tull Glass Houses - Billy Joel 21 at 33 - Elton John J-R Departure - Journey Dream After Dream - Journey Closer - Joy Division British Steel - Judas Priest Unmasked - KISS Metal-rendez-vous - Krokus Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono Uprising - Bob Marley and the Wailers Ace of Spades - Mot rhead Xanadu (soundtrack by Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra) Scream Dream - Ted Nugent Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne (solo debut) Mekons - The Mekons Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police The Pretenders - The Pretenders Dirty Mind - Prince The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs Second Edition - Public Image Ltd. The Game - Queen Don't Fight It - Red Rider Permanent Waves - Rush S-W Head On - Samson Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon Wheels of Steel - Saxon Animal Magnetism - Scorpions Longest Road - Seals & Crofts (final album) Specials - The Specials The River - Bruce Springsteen Gaucho - Steely Dan Hotter than July - Stevie Wonder Remain in Light - Talking Heads Empty Glass - Pete Townshend Boy - U2 (debut) Women and Children First - Van Halen Ready an' Willin - Whitesnake Live...im the Heart of the City - Whitesnake