August 17
2012, Three members of the Russian feminist punk rock protest group Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years imprisonment after they had staged a performance on the soleas of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior in a protest directed at the Orthodox Church leader's support for President Putin during his election campaign.
1893
Mae West, 1919 Georgia Gibbs, 1939
Luther Allison, 1947 Gary Talley, 1949 Sib Hashian
(Boston), 1953 Kevin Rowland (Dexys Midnight Runners), 1954 Eric Johnson
, 1958 Belinda Carlisle (The Gogo's), 1962 Gilby Clarke (Guns N Roses, Heart, Rock Star Supernova), 1964 Colin James
, 1965 Steve Gorman
(The Black Crowes), 1969 Donnie Wahlberg (The New Kids On The Block)
1973 Jean Barraquι, 1973 Paul Williams (The Temptations), 1983 Ira Gershwin, 1987 Gary Chester
, 1990 Pearl Bailey, 1990 Pearl Bailey