Sportscaster Bob Costas is 57. Country singer James House is 54. Actress Lena Olin is 54. Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 52. Actor Matthew Modine is 50. Country musician Tim Beeler (Flynnville Train) is 41. Actress Anne Dudek is 34. Actor Cole Hauser is 34. Actress Kellie Williams is 33. Actress Reese Witherspoon is 33. Rock musician John Otto (Limp Bizkit) is 32.
Today in Entertainment History
Associated Press - March 22, 2009 3:13 AM ET
On March 22nd, 1952, Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Dave Mason died in Tennessee.
In 1956, Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident near Wilmington, Del. He was on his way to New York to perform on the "Ed Sullivan Show," but was forced to spend several months in the hospital. By the time he recovered, Elvis Presley had covered Perkins' hit, "Blue Suede Shoes," and Perkins' career was never the same.
In 1958, an 8-year-old Hank Williams Junior made his stage debut in Swainsboro, Ga.
In 1969, newlyweds John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first "Bed-In for Peace" in Amsterdam.
In 1986, singer Mark Dinning died of a heart attack at the age of 52. He's probably best known for the 1959 hit "Teen Angel."
In 1990, Gloria Estefan underwent surgery in New York, two days after her back was broken in a bus accident.
In 1994, singer-bassist-producer Dan Hartman died of a brain tumor in Westport, Conn. He was 43.
In 1996, former Turtles drummer Don Murray died in Santa Monica, Calif., of complications from an undisclosed surgery. He was 50.
In 1997, Marilyn Manson fell onstage during a performance in Honolulu and cut an artery in his hand. He was forced to stop the show.
In 1999, the body of actor David Strickland of the TV show "Suddenly Susan" was found hanging in a Las Vegas hotel room. He was 28.
Thought for Today: "Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve." — Joseph Joubert, French moralist (1754-1824).
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reversed. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Misleading Info From The AP For 22 March
By The Associated Press — 1 hr 13 mins ago
Today is Sunday, March 22, the 81st day of 2009. There are 284 days left in the year.
AP's Alternate Universe. AP's A/V. And the UPI Almanac.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 22, 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act was repealed the following year.) [This sounds familiar. Is history, you know ...? — Ed. Later: No, it's just biting its own tail. — Ed.]
On this date:
In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for defying Puritan orthodoxy.
In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington.
In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy. [When, oh when, will Washington leave the states alone? — Ed.]
In 1929, a U.S. Coast Guard vessel sank a Canadian-registered schooner, the I'm Alone, in the Gulf of Mexico. (The schooner was suspected of carrying bootleg liquor.)
In 1933, during Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.
In 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state went into operation.
In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo.
In 1958, movie producer Mike Todd and three other people were killed in the crash of Todd's private plane near Grants, N.M. [Or did it happen tomorrow, in Entertainment History? Stay tuned. — Ed.]
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson named General William C. Westmoreland to be the Army's new chief of staff.
In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ten years ago: Acting as his own lawyer, Dr. Jack Kevorkian went on trial on murder charges for the first time, telling a jury in Pontiac, Mich., he was merely carrying out his professional duty in giving a lethal injection to a man with Lou Gehrig's disease as shown on CBS' "60 Minutes." (Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder.)
Five years ago: Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, enraging Palestinians. Terry Nichols went on trial for his life in the Oklahoma City bombing. (Nichols, already serving a life sentence for his conviction on federal charges, was found guilty of 161 state murder charges, but was again spared the death penalty when the jury couldn't agree on his sentence.)
One year ago: Vice President Dick Cheney, visiting the Middle East, said the U.S. had an "enduring and unshakable" commitment to Israel's security and its right to defend itself against those bent on destroying the Jewish state. Jeffrey Buttle of Canada won the men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteborg, Sweden.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Karl Malden is 97. [Hokey Smokes!!] USA Today founder Allen H. Neuharth is 85. Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is 79. Actor William Shatner is 78. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is 75. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 74. Actor-singer Jeremy Clyde is 68. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 66. Writer James Patterson is 62. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer is 61. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 61. Actress Fanny Ardant is 60.
Sportscaster Bob Costas is 57. Country singer James House is 54. Actress Lena Olin is 54. Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 52. Actor Matthew Modine is 50. Country musician Tim Beeler (Flynnville Train) is 41. Actress Anne Dudek is 34. Actor Cole Hauser is 34. Actress Kellie Williams is 33. Actress Reese Witherspoon is 33. Rock musician John Otto (Limp Bizkit) is 32.
Today in Entertainment History
Associated Press - March 22, 2009 3:13 AM ET
On March 22nd, 1952, Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Dave Mason died in Tennessee.
In 1956, Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident near Wilmington, Del. He was on his way to New York to perform on the "Ed Sullivan Show," but was forced to spend several months in the hospital. By the time he recovered, Elvis Presley had covered Perkins' hit, "Blue Suede Shoes," and Perkins' career was never the same.
In 1958, an 8-year-old Hank Williams Junior made his stage debut in Swainsboro, Ga.
In 1969, newlyweds John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first "Bed-In for Peace" in Amsterdam.
In 1986, singer Mark Dinning died of a heart attack at the age of 52. He's probably best known for the 1959 hit "Teen Angel."
In 1990, Gloria Estefan underwent surgery in New York, two days after her back was broken in a bus accident.
In 1994, singer-bassist-producer Dan Hartman died of a brain tumor in Westport, Conn. He was 43.
In 1996, former Turtles drummer Don Murray died in Santa Monica, Calif., of complications from an undisclosed surgery. He was 50.
In 1997, Marilyn Manson fell onstage during a performance in Honolulu and cut an artery in his hand. He was forced to stop the show.
In 1999, the body of actor David Strickland of the TV show "Suddenly Susan" was found hanging in a Las Vegas hotel room. He was 28.
Thought for Today: "Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve." — Joseph Joubert, French moralist (1754-1824).
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reversed. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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Sportscaster Bob Costas is 57. Country singer James House is 54. Actress Lena Olin is 54. Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 52. Actor Matthew Modine is 50. Country musician Tim Beeler (Flynnville Train) is 41. Actress Anne Dudek is 34. Actor Cole Hauser is 34. Actress Kellie Williams is 33. Actress Reese Witherspoon is 33. Rock musician John Otto (Limp Bizkit) is 32.
Today in Entertainment History
Associated Press - March 22, 2009 3:13 AM ET
On March 22nd, 1952, Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Dave Mason died in Tennessee.
In 1956, Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident near Wilmington, Del. He was on his way to New York to perform on the "Ed Sullivan Show," but was forced to spend several months in the hospital. By the time he recovered, Elvis Presley had covered Perkins' hit, "Blue Suede Shoes," and Perkins' career was never the same.
In 1958, an 8-year-old Hank Williams Junior made his stage debut in Swainsboro, Ga.
In 1969, newlyweds John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first "Bed-In for Peace" in Amsterdam.
In 1986, singer Mark Dinning died of a heart attack at the age of 52. He's probably best known for the 1959 hit "Teen Angel."
In 1990, Gloria Estefan underwent surgery in New York, two days after her back was broken in a bus accident.
In 1994, singer-bassist-producer Dan Hartman died of a brain tumor in Westport, Conn. He was 43.
In 1996, former Turtles drummer Don Murray died in Santa Monica, Calif., of complications from an undisclosed surgery. He was 50.
In 1997, Marilyn Manson fell onstage during a performance in Honolulu and cut an artery in his hand. He was forced to stop the show.
In 1999, the body of actor David Strickland of the TV show "Suddenly Susan" was found hanging in a Las Vegas hotel room. He was 28.
Thought for Today: "Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve." — Joseph Joubert, French moralist (1754-1824).
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reversed. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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