Country singer-songwriter John D. Loudermilk is 75. Musician Herb Alpert is 74. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is 69. Actor Christopher Walken is 66. Comedian Gabe Kaplan is 64. Former Vice President Al Gore is 61. David Eisenhower is 61. Actress Rhea Perlman is 61. Actor Ed Marinaro is 59. Rock musician Angus Young (AC/DC) is 54. Actor Marc McClure is 52.
On March 31st, 1943, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway.
In 1958, Chuck Berry released the single "Johnny B. Goode."
In 1967, Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire in front of an audience for the first time, during a concert in London.
In 1981, "Ordinary People" won the best picture Academy Award. "Fame" won best original song and score.
In 1982, the Doobie Brothers announced they were breaking up. The Doobies have staged several reunions since then.
In 1983, MTV added Michael Jackson's video for "Beat It." It was the first video MTV played by a black artist.
In 1986, O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers died of a heart attack in Alpine, New Jersey. He was 48.
In 1991, acclaimed dancer and choreographer Martha Graham died in New York, & former TV actor Danny Bonaduce was arrested after hiding from authorities in a closet. He allegedly had picked up a prostitute near his downtown Phoenix apartment. [On his telebision mother's birthday, even!! Has he no shame? And wasn't the prostitute in question of the transvestite to trans-sexual persuasion? — Ed.]
In 1992, two Bruce Springsteen albums went on sale nationwide. Some stores opened at midnight for fans who were waiting in Line to be the first to buy "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town."
In 1993, actor Brandon Lee died after a freak accident on the set of the movie "The Crow." Lee had been shot with a prop gun that was supposed to fire blanks. He was 28.
In 1995, Tejano singer Selena was shot and killed by the founder of her fan club.
In 1996, actor Clint Eastwood married newscaster Dina Ruiz.
Thought for Today: "So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies." — John Mason Brown, American critic and lecturer (1900-1969).
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Model Elle Macpherson is 46. Rock singer-musician John Popper (Blues Traveler) is 42. Actress Lucy Lawless is 41. Country singer Regina Leigh (Regina Regina) is 41. Country singer Brady Seals is 40. Tennis player Jennifer Capriati is 33.
Today in Entertainment History
Associated Press - March 29, 2009 3:13 AM ET
On March 29th, 1951, the Academy Award for best picture went to the 1950 film "All About Eve."
In 1962, Jack Paar hosted NBC's "Tonight" show for the last time. Johnny Carson began his stint as host in October.
In 1973, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show made it onto the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine, as sung about in the band's hit song "The Cover of Rolling Stone."
In 1976, the Oscar for best picture went to "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." Jack Nicholson's role in the film won him the best actor award, while Louise Fletcher picked up the Oscar for best actress.
In 1977, "Rocky" won the Academy Award for best picture. "Evergreen," the love theme from "A Star Is Born," won the best original song award.
In 1978, "Annie Hall" won the Oscar for best picture plus the best actress award for Diane Keaton. "You Light Up My Life" won the original song award.
In 1979, Eric Clapton married Patti Boyd, the ex-wife of his friend, George Harrison. They separated in 1986.
In 1980, part-time songwriter Ronald Selle sued the Bee Gees for copyright infringement on the hit song "How Deep Is Your Love." Selle claimed the Bee Gees plagiarized a song called "Let It End." He lost on appeal.
In 1989, "Rain Man" won four Academy Awards, including best picture and the best actor award for Dustin Hoffman.
In 1993, the Supreme Court announced it would use a case involving 2 Live Crew to decide whether copyright holders can ban song parodies. The rappers later won their dispute with Acuff-Rose music over their takeoff of Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman."
In 2000, 'N Sync's album "No Strings Attached" sold 2.4 million copies its first week out. It set an all-time record for first-week sales.
Thought for Today: "Tolerance always has limits -- it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant." -- Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (1902-1989).
On this date:
In 1834, the U.S. Senate voted to censure President Andrew Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
In 1854, during the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia.
In 1896, the opera "Andrea Chenier," by Umberto Giordano, premiered in Milan.
In 1898, the Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen.
In 1930, the names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara.
In 1939, the Spanish Civil War effectively ended as Madrid fell to the forces of Francisco Franco.
In 1941, novelist and critic Virginia Woolf died in Lewes, England.
In 1942, during World War II, British naval forces raided the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire in Operation Chariot.
In 1969, the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, died in Washington at age 78.
In 1994, absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco died in Paris at age 84.
Ten years ago: NATO broadened its attacks on Yugoslavia to target Serb military forces in Kosovo in the fifth straight night of airstrikes; thousands of refugees flooded into Albania and Macedonia from Kosovo. The Baltimore Orioles beat a Cuban all-star team 3-2 in Havana. Venus Williams beat younger sister Serena 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to win the Lipton Championships in the first all-sister women's final in 115 years.
Five years ago: French President Jacques Chirac's government suffered stinging defeats in regional elections seen as a vote of censure against painful economic reforms. Actor and writer Sir Peter Ustinov died in Genolier, Switzerland, at age 82. Game show host Art James died in Palm Springs, Calif., at age 74.
One year ago: President Bush declared that Iraq was standing at a defining moment as it struggled to put down heavily armed Shiite militias in new flare-ups of violence. Cuba made it legal for its citizens to own cell phones in their own names.
Today's Birthdays: Former White House national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski is 81. Country musician Charlie McCoy is 68. Movie director Mike Newell is 67. Actress Conchata Ferrell is 66. Actor Ken Howard is 65. Actress Dianne Wiest is 61. Country singer Reba McEntire is 54.
Olympic gold-medal gymnast Bart Conner is 51. Rapper Salt (Salt-N-Pepa) is 43. Actress Tracey Needham is 42. Actor Max Perlich is 41. Movie director Brett Ratner is 40. Country singer Rodney Atkins is 40. Actor Vince Vaughn is 39. Rapper Mr. Cheeks (Lost Boyz) is 38. Actor Ken L. is 36. Rock musician Dave Keuning is 33. Actress Annie Wersching is 32. Actress Julia Stiles is 28.
This Date In Entertainment March 28:
On March 28th, 1958, W.C. Handy, the composer known as "the father of the blues," died of natural causes in New York at the age of 84. He's perhaps best known for his "Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues." Eddie Cochran recorded "Summertime Blues."
In 1964, Madame Tussaud's in London announced that The Beatles would become the first pop stars to be cast in wax.
In 1974, bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup died of a stroke at the age of 69. Crudup wrote the Elvis Presley hit "That's All Right (Mama)."
In 1976, Genesis opened its first North American tour in Buffalo, New York, with drummer Phil Collins as lead vocalist, after auditioning more than 400 singers to replace Peter Gabriel.
In 1990, comedian Richard Pryor was discharged from an Australian hospital after being treated for a mild heart attack. Singer Eddy Arnold underwent heart bypass surgery in Nashville.
In 1995, Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett announced they were separating after 21 months of marriage.
In 1996, Phil Collins announced he was leaving Genesis.
In 1998, "The Capeman," Paul Simon's $11 million musical starring Marc Anthony, closes on Broadway after 69 regular performances.
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Singer Mariah Carey is 39. Rock musician Brendan Hill (Blues Traveler) is 39. Actress Elizabeth Mitchell is 39. Actor Nathan Fillion is 38. Hip-hop singer Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) is 34.
On March 27th, 1964, The Beatles occupied the top six spots in the Australian pop chart. [Popular w/ criminals & their descendants, eh? — Ed.]
In 1967, the British music industry awarded John Lennon and Paul McCartney an Ivor Novello Award for writing "Michelle," the most-performed song in Britain in 1966. [How'd the Brits survive that treacle OD? — Ed.] A riot broke out at a Rolling Stones concert in Halsinborg, Sweden. Five days later, 154 fans were arrested at a similar riot at a Stones concert in Vienna, Austria. Further violence erupted at a Stones concert less than three weeks later in Zurich, Switzerland. [Now that's a band! — Ed.]
In 1972, Elvis Presley recorded his last major hit, "Burning Love."
In 1973, Rolling Stone reported Carlos Santana changed his name to Devadip, which means "The Lamp of the Light of the Supreme." Santana had become a disciple of Sri Chinmoy. [Stupid hippie. "Dip." Heh heh. — Ed.]
In 1987, U2 filmed the video for "Where The Streets Have No Name" on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles. Thousands of people showed up and the police had to break up the shoot.
In 1991, Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids On The Block was arrested in Louisville, Ky., for allegedly pouring vodka on a hotel carpet and setting it on fire. He pleaded not guilty. [Had he pissed vodka, etc., we'd be impressed. — Ed.]
In 2002, Milton Berle died after a battle with colon cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 93. That same day, Dudley Moore died from a rare brain disorder at his home in Trenton, N.J. He was 66. Also that day, filmmaker Billy Wilder died in Los Angeles at the age of 95.
In 2006, Elvis Presley's Graceland was declared a national historic landmark.
Thought for Today: "Often the test of courage is not to die but to live." — Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist (1749-1803). [The biggest test of courage is whether to murder or not. — Ed.]
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As if Obama isn’t annoying enough, the way he is constantly jutting his chin skyward as if in homage to Benito Mussolini, he saddles us with an attorney general who calls white Americans cowards because, to his way of thinking, we don’t engage in frank conversations about racial matters.W. Burt's frank conversation about racial matters (Couldn't find the link, because the fucking moron at HuffPo from whom we stole this* is too ignorant to provide links. It's the Internet, dip, get a fucking clue!!!):
If we were a racist society, Oprah Winfrey, your fairy godmother, certainly wouldn't be a billionaire; she'd be fetching someone's mint julep. And Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice wouldn't grow up to be secretaries of state; they'd be sweeping out the stables. And Will Smith and Denzel Washington wouldn't be movie stars; they'd be in the fields picking cotton.
After all, in spite of the fact that affirmative action got her an Ivy League degree and a $7,000-a-week salary and, moreover, has sent billions of dollars for no particularly good reason to Africa, she insists this is a mean country.Yes, talented writer W. Burt clearly types that "affirmative action," besides doing all of Mrs. O.'s Ivy League work for her, "has sent billions of dollars to Africa." Affirmative action. No wonder it's such a big deal w/ the crowd who (think) they made it all on their own, just them & their bootstraps. If AA is actually writing people's papers for them, & shipping billions to Afrika, it's mighty powerful. And we couldn't tell you how many people get those $7,000-a-wk. salaries as a direct result of affirmative action. Probably because there aren't any.
My solution was that no lawyer would be allowed to sue a doctor if he had sued a medical practitioner, say, twice before and lost. That would at least prevent the worst sort of shyster from making a career out of chasing ambulances.Yes, that too comes from our link. W. Burt really covers the waterfront. In shit.
Journalist Bob Woodward is 66. Singer Diana Ross is 65. Actor Johnny Crawford is 63. Rock singer Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) is 61. Singer and TV personality Vicki Lawrence is 60. Actor Ernest Thomas is 60. Singer Teddy Pendergrass is 59. Comedian Martin Short is 59. Country singer Ronnie McDowell is 59. Movie composer Alan Silvestri is 59. Rock musician Monte Yoho is 57. Country singer Dean Dillon is 54. Country singer Charly McClain is 53. TV personality Leeza Gibbons is 52. Actress Jennifer Grey is 49. Retired Utah Jazz great John Stockton is 47. Actor Michael Imperioli is 43. Rock musician James Iha is 41. Country singer Kenny Chesney is 41. Actor T.R. Knight is 36. Rapper Juvenile is 34. Actress Amy Smart is 33. Actress Bianca Kajlich is 32.
On March 26th, 1957, Ricky Nelson recorded his first songs.
In 1961, Elvis Presley set a British chart first with three consecutive number-one releases: "It's Now or Never," "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and "Wooden Heart."
In 1965, guitarist Jeff Beck was announced as Eric Clapton's replacement in The Yardbirds.
In 1970, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary pleaded guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl in Washington. He had just recently won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children with the album "Peter Paul and Mommy."
In 1972, Mott the Hoople decided to disband after four albums, until David Bowie presented them a song called "All the Young Dudes." Mott the Hoople recorded it, while Bowie produced it, and the song hit the Top 40.
In 1974, David Essex's single "Rock On" turned gold. Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells," which was used in the movie "The Exorcist," also turned gold.
In 1977, Stiff Records released "Less Than Zero" backed with "Radio Sweetheart," the first single by Elvis Costello.
In 1980, drummer Jon-Jon Poulos of The Buckinghams died of a drug overdose. He was 32. Pink Floyd's "The Wall" broke the record for the longest-charting pop album, previously held by Carole King's "Tapestry." [Double suck. — Ed.]
In 1986, Guns N' Roses was signed to Geffen Records. [Suck trifecta! — Ed.]
In 1995, rapper Eazy-E died of AIDS in Los Angeles at age 31.
In 1998, actor Leonardo DiCaprio filed a lawsuit against "Playgirl" magazine to prevent it from publishing nude pictures of him. The suit was later settled and the pictures ran in the magazine's October issue.
In 2004, singer Jan Berry of Jan and Dean died after having a seizure in Los Angeles. He was 62.
Thought for Today: "Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece." — Nadia Boulanger, French music teacher (1887-1979).
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"This rabbi comes to us and says the fight is between the children of light and the children of darkness," a reserve sergeant said, recalling a training camp encounter. "His message was clear: 'This is a war against an entire people, not against specific terrorists.' The whole thing was turned into something very religious and messianic."
In testimony reported by Israeli news media and in interviews with The Times, Gaza veterans said rabbis advised army units to show the enemy no mercy and called for resettlement of the Palestinian enclave by Jews. "The rabbis were all over, in every unit," said Yehuda Shaul, a retired army officer whose human rights group, Breaking the Silence, has taken testimony from dozens of Gaza veterans. "It was quite well organized."
Divorce Agreement THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG PERSON, A STUDENT!!! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM. Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al: We have stuck together since the late 1950's, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way. Here is a model separation agreement: Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes. We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell (You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them). We'll keep the capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have your beloved homeless, homeboys, hippies and illegal aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood . You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security. We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism and Shirley McClain. You can also have the UN…but we will no longer be paying the bill. We'll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find. You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors. We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right. We'll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute Imagine, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, Kum Ba Ya or We Are the World. We'll practice trickle down economics and you can give trickle up poverty your best shot. Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years. Sincerely, John J. Wall, Law Student and an American P. S. Also, please take Barbara Streisand & Jane Fonda with you.Barbra Streisand & Jane Fonda. We suppose that the current financial debacle is all their fault.By the way, Michael Moore is fat, proving once & for all that fascism is the proper recourse. And how's that "trickle down economics" working out for you, "Law Student?"
Now, it's common to hear people say, when this infamous passage and others like it come up, that it's not intended to be "taken literally." One also often hears the excuse that some wicked things are done "in the name of" religion, as if the wicked things were somehow the result of a misinterpretation. But the nationalist rabbis who prepare Israeli soldiers for their mission seem to think that this book might be the word of God, in which case the only misinterpretation would be the failure to take it literally. (I hate to break it to you, but the people who think that God's will is revealed in scripture are known as "religious." Those who do not think so must try to find another name for themselves.)Human progress. We're laughing.
Peering over the horrible pile of Palestinian civilian casualties that has immediately resulted, it's fairly easy to see where this is going in the medium-to-longer term. The zealot settlers and their clerical accomplices are establishing an army within the army so that one day, if it is ever decided to disband or evacuate the colonial settlements, there will be enough officers and soldiers, stiffened by enough rabbis and enough extremist sermons, to refuse to obey the order. Torah verses will also be found that make it permissible to murder secular Jews as well as Arabs. The dress rehearsals for this have already taken place, with the religious excuses given for Baruch Goldstein's rampage and the Talmudic evasions concerning the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Once considered highly extreme, such biblical exegeses are moving ever closer to the mainstream. It's high time the United States cut off any financial support for Israel that can be used even indirectly for settler activity, not just because such colonization constitutes a theft of another people's land but also because our Constitution absolutely forbids us to spend public money on the establishment of any religion.We also note that this sort of thing has been going on right here in the United Snakes of AmeriKKKa for a while as well. Do you want some brain-dead Air Force general/fuckhead whose priorities are "God, family & country" (in that order) "defending" you? Not bloody likely. Not that he'd defend you anyway. He'll be too busy waging war on you. W/ the weapons you bought for him. Ironic, what?
"That's what it feels like we're returning to. Work as many hours as you possibly can. Make yourself indispensable. Don't ever complain. Don't ever ask for anything," she said. "I'm just horrified we may as well just forget the last 20 years." For their part, many managers are doing little to calm those concerns, human resource consultants say. They tend to view options such as flex time and telecommuting as retention tools, experts say, and in recessions, fear of unemployment is just as effective.Ah, "retention tools." Like the bonuses given to former AIG employees who'd already left the insurance giant. In other words, they don't one shit about you, or your mental & physical health. They think they have the upper hand now, & can continue the war on people who work for a living.
"I have heard comments like, 'now is our chance to take back the company,' [and] comments about the fact employees shouldn't feel entitled to ask for flexibility during this time because they should be lucky to have a job," she said.Is Americans were anything like the mythical ancestors the right claims for them, they would have (literally) "tea-bagged" their exploiters yrs. ago, & taken back the companies that the workers (it's never the bosses) have made successful. But they're scared little sheep, who were too stupid & ignorant to understand their situation, or do anything about it.
The “Tea Parties”, of course, started springing up in response to Obama’s stimulus package, a package whose largest fiscal component is a tax cut that will largely benefit the people in the income brackets who make up the Tea Party movement. That I find funny.Neither the irony aficionado, nor The Daily Dish, which brought this to our attention, make any reference to the bogosity of the whole "movement," the fact that it's about as spontaneous & "of the people" as a Jack-in-the-Pants® viral marketing campaign. Either way, of course, it's hardly successful. We expect a loud noise, a bright flash in the sky, & a lot of dust for their April 15th protests, & then the sound of crickets, as they note that the political environment remains unchanged by inchoate threats from a few thousand middle-brows. Of course, 15 April is a Weds. this yr., so we'll see how many of these future John Galts are such creative producers that they don't have to show up at work if they don't want to.
In 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.
In 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic.
In 1965, America's first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly 5-hour flight.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan first proposed developing technology to intercept incoming enemy missiles -- a proposal that came to be known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. Dr. Barney Clark, recipient of a Jarvik permanent artificial heart, died at the University of Utah Medical Center after 112 days with the device.
In 1994, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico's leading presidential candidate, was assassinated in Tijuana.
In 2001, Russia's orbiting Mir space station ended its 15-year odyssey with a planned fiery plunge into the South Pacific.
Ten years ago: NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana gave the formal go-ahead for airstrikes against Serbian targets following the failure of Kosovo peace talks.
Five years ago: A federal commission said Clinton and Bush administration officials had engaged in lengthy, ultimately fruitless diplomatic efforts instead of military action to try to get Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks; top Bush officials countered that the terror attacks would have occurred even if the United States had killed the al-Qaida leader. A report by Medicare trustees said that without changes, the federal health care program would go broke by 2019, seven years earlier than expected.
One year ago: A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. Vice President Dick Cheney visited the West Bank, where Palestinian leaders asked him to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction and voiced other complaints. The Seattle-based fishing trawler Alaska Ranger sank in the Bering Sea, killing five crew members; 42 others survived. Al Copeland, founder of the Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken chain, died near Munich, Germany, at age 64.
Today's Birthdays March 23: Comedian Marty Allen is 87. Movie director Mark Rydell is 75. Singer-producer Ric Ocasek is 60. Singer Chaka Khan is 56. Actress Amanda Plummer is 52. Actress Hope Davis is 45. Comedian John Pinette is 45. Actor Richard Grieco is 44. Country musician Kevin Griffin (Yankee Grey) is 44. Actress Marin Hinkle is 43. Rock singer-musician Damon Albarn (Blur) is 41. Actress-singer Melissa Errico is 39. Rock musician John Humphrey (The Nixons) is 39. Actress Michelle Monaghan is 33. Actress Keri Russell is 33. Actress Nicholle Tom is 31. Country singer Paul Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 31.
On March 23rd, 1950, the best picture of Academy Award went to "All The King's Men." Broderick Crawford was named best actor. The best song Oscar went to "Mona Lisa."
In 1958, Elizabeth Taylor's husband, producer Mike Todd, died in a plane crash in New Mexico. [Or was that yesterday? — Ed.]
In 1963, the Beach Boys released the single "Surfin' USA."
In 1964, John Lennon's first book, "In His Own Write," was published.
In 1973, Yoko Ono was granted permission to live permanently in the US.
In 1978, The Police got a deal with A&M Records.
In 1985, singer Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley got married in New York City. They have since divorced.
In 1987, the first Soul Train Music Awards were held in Santa Monica, Calif. Cameo won album of the year for "Word Up," and Gregory Abbott won best single for "Shake You Down."
In 1991, Elton John joined George Michael on stage for a duet of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." It was recorded and released as a single.
In 1993, "Across The Borderline," Willie Nelson's 35th album for Columbia Records, was released.
Thought for Today: "Having only friends would be dull anyway — like eating eggs without salt." — Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (1890-1966).
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