Today in Entertainment History: It's All Paul!

Associated Press - February 9, 2009 3:13 AM ET On February ninth, 1964, The Beatles made their first live U.S. television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." An estimated 73 million people tuned in to watch the band perform five songs, including "I Want To Hold Your Hand." In 1972, Wings played its first show -- unannounced and uninvited -- for students during lunchtime at Nottingham University in England. The price of admission was 33 cents. In 1979, K-Mart pulled Steve Martin's comedy album "Let's Get Small" for being in bad taste. In 1981, singer Bill Haley died in Harlingen, Texas, of natural causes. He was 56.In 1993, both Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney released solo albums. Jagger's was called "Wandering Spirit" and McCartney's was titled "Off The Ground." In 1997, "The Simpsons" became the longest-running prime-time animated series, beating the record previously held by "The Flintstones."