Celeb Divorce & Annulment, 5 January Style

In 1965, The Supremes recorded "Stop! In the Name Of Love." In 1970, "All My Children" premiered on ABC. In 1975, "The Wiz," an all-black musical version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," opened on Broadway. In 1978, the Sex Pistols began its first tour of the US Less than two weeks after the first show in Atlanta, the tour was over and the band had broken up. [America can do that to you. So can touring. But touring in America? Whew! — Ed.] In 1979, musician Charles Mingus died in Mexico of Lou Gehrig's disease.In 1983, Everything But The Girl made their concert debut as a duo at the Institute for Contemporary Arts in London. In 1984, John Lennon's single "Nobody Told Me" was released. In 1988, Madonna filed for divorce from actor Sean Penn. In 1989, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was kicked off a Delta Air Lines flight bcause she refused to keep her two dogs in their travel kennels. She was escorted from the plane in Atlanta during a stopover on her way to Palm Beach, Florida. In 1990, the movie "Born On The Fourth Of July," starring Tom Cruise, opened nationwide. In 1991, actress Barbara Eden married for the third time. The wedding was held in San Francisco, where she stayed for a brief honeymoon. [Who the fuck did she marry, the Anonymous Invisible Man? — Ed.] In 1998, singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono died when he slammed into a tree while skiing at a resort near the Nevada-California border. He was 62. In 2004, Britney Spears' marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander was annulled. They had been married 55 hours.

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