1962 Testament vocalist Chuck Billy is born today.

1972 Smokey Robinson performs his last show with the Miracles.

1975 Alice Cooper gets a little too enthusiastic while performing in Vancouver on his Welcome to My Nightmare tour, and falls from the stage. His nightmare now consists of six broken ribs.

1979 The Knack release "My Sharona." The Charlie Daniels Band release "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." The No. 1 album in the U.S. is Supertramp's Breakfast in America.

1981 Guitarist Robert Fripp re-forms King Crimson with Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew, and Tony Levin.

1984 Van Halen release the all-time driving classic "Panama."

1984 The Reflex by Duran Duran is #1 on the US singles chart.

1984 Alison Moyet debuts solo on UK chart with "Love Resurrection".

1986 The Smiths release their The Queen Is Dead album.

1987 Tiffany kicks off her tour of America's shopping arcades at the Bergen Mall in Paramus, N.J. Madonna becomes the first celebrity to appear on the cover of Cosmopolitan since Elizabeth Taylor in 1969.

1989 New Kids on the Block bomb passersby with Kool-Aid-filled balloons from the window of their Anaheim, Calif., hotel. Michael Bolton releases Soul Provider.

1993 Michael Jackson, Wynonna Judd, Clint Black, and Ted Danson record a two-hour TV special about the importance of immunization.

1995 Michael Jackson releases the HIStory anthology.

2000 A German promoter sues Michael Jackson for $21.2 million. The promoter is seeking damages after Jackson called off two New Year's Eve concerts.