On this date in 1987, rock singer Sting opened his “Nothing Like the Sun” world tour in Rio de Janiero.

In 1988, British authorities banned “Streets of Sorrow – Birmingham Six” by The Pogues from radio because its lyrics support 10 people convicted of I-R-A bombings. The ban was issued under a government order prohibiting broadcast interviews with members of the Irish Republican Army, other militant groups and their sympathizers.

Also on this date in 1991, 30-thousand copies of Michael Jackson’s album Dangerous, scheduled for release the following week, were stolen from an air freight terminal in Los Angeles. Three men with shotguns broke into the facility and tied up the employees. No one was hurt.