Prince

2000 - Britney Spears' second album, "Oops!... I Did It Again" sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week, setting a new record for highest debut by a female artist.

2000 - The Artist announced that he was reclaiming the name "Prince" since his contract with Warner-Chappell had expired. The contract officially ended on December 31, 1999.

2004 - Blues singer Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore dies in Yazoo City, Miss., after a long illness. He is 90.

1994 - Sting and Nancy Wilson received honorary doctorates from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

1985 - Prince released the single "Raspberry Beret."

2002 - It was announced that Ozzy Osbourne and his family had signed deal that included two books.

2000 - A U.S. federal appeals court upheld a $5.4 million jury decision that Michael Bolton had plagiarized parts of the song "Love is a Wonderful Thing." The original song, of the same name, was released in 1966 by the Isley Brothers.

2006 - 1,581 guitarists break a Guinness World Record when they simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" in the town square of Wrocław, Poland.

2006 - Rapper Big Hawk (born John Edward Hawkins) of Screwed Up Click dies of gunshot wounds in Houston at the age of 36.

2008 - With "I'm a Fire," Donna Summer becomes the first artist to have a song reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the chart's 1974 debut.

2003 - Cholly Atkins, the legendary Motown choreographer, dies in Las Vegas. He is 89.

2003 - R&B singer Angie Stone makes her Broadway debut when she joins the cast of "Chicago."

1999 - It was reported that Prince intended to re-record the entire catalog of his music and re-release it.

1980 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Call Me," Blondie.

2005 - Britney Spears and her husband, rapper and dancer Kevin Federline, confirm she is pregnant with her first child.

1999 - Sir Elton John and Faith Hill appear as guest performers on "VH1 Divas Live." Other "divas" include Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and Cher.

1986 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Kiss," Prince & the Revolution.

1998 - Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) died in a hotel room in Frankfurt, Germany.

1993 - Roberta Flack appeared on the ABC-TV soap opera "Loving."

1987 - The Prince album "Sign O' The Times" was released worldwide.

1977 - Stevie Wonder's tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," was released.

2007 - Elton John sets the record for the most performances at New York's Madison Square Garden when he performs there for the 60th time - on his 60th birthday.

1985 - Prince wins an Oscar for best original score for the film "Purple Rain."

1980 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Another Brick in the Wall," Pink Floyd.