But Never Better Late: This Date In Pointless Amusement

Here's the entertainment poop for this date in history, which the assholes at the tee vee station for crackers website where we steal this couldn't be bothered to post it until 1700 Cracker Time today.On Feb. 22, 1934, the comedy "It Happened One Night," starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, opened in New York. In 1964, The Beatles arrived in London following their first visit to the US. In 1976, original Supremes member Florence Ballard died in Detroit of coronary thrombosis at age 32. Ballard and her children were living on welfare at the time of her death. [That Berry Gordy's a real fucking champion of compassion, isn't he? — Ed.] In 1978, The Police starred in a TV commercial for Wrigley's chewing gum. The ad was made a few months before the band's single "Roxanne" was released in the UK. [We are all prostitutes, but some of you are a lot more so than others. — Ed.] In 1989, the first heavy metal Grammy was given out. Jethro Tull won. In 1990, a jury in Los Angeles rejected a claim that Stevie Wonder's hit "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was stolen from another songwriter. In 1993, CBS announced that the network had purchased the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York for David Letterman's new TV show. At that point, Letterman was rumored to be moving his program to Los Angeles. In 1997, Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal announced they were ending their 15-year relationship. In 2001, Steely Dan won their first Grammys ever, including album of the year for "Two Against Nature." They beat out Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP," which had generated controversy over its lyrics. In 2004, Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin was arrested in Toledo, Ohio, for allegedly throwing a bottle into an audience and spitting on them while publicly drunk. In 2005, Blink-182 announced they were going on hiatus. It turned out to be their breakup. They have since reunited. In 2007, Britney Spears checked into rehab for the third time in a week.