1979 was not off to such a great start for Sid Vicious, bassist for The Sex Pistols, as a trial began on the second day of the new year to determine if he was in fact guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
On October 20, 1978, the body of Spungen was found in a hotel room of The Chelsea Hotel, where she and Vicious were living. She had been stabbed in the stomach multiple times. Vicious was arrested the same day, and charged with the murder. The trial, which began on this day in 1979, would never reach a verdict as Vicious would be found dead of a heroin overdose soon after. No one else was ever considered as a suspect.
There are many questions that still arise over Spungen's death, such as; the fact that $24,000 was also missing from the room, Vicious was reportedly passed out at the time of the murder, and Spungen was known for causing trouble and making enemies wherever she went. Who really killed her that night? We may never know.
Other notable events for January 2:
-An entire shipment of Two Virgins, the new John Lennon and Yoko Ono album is seized Jan. 2, 1968 from Newark Airport due to the controversial art on the album cover, a fully nude photo of Lennon and Ono
-Georgia State Department of Corrections honors the Allman Brothers Band, Jan. 2, 1973, naming them the Outstanding Community Organization of the Year
-Tex Ritter, the Singing Cowboy, dies Jan. 2, 1978
-Chick Churchill, Ten Years After, is born Jan. 2, 1942
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