Entertainment History
On August 11, 1962, the Booker T. and the MG's classic instrumental
"Green Onions" was released by Stax Records. In 1968, The Beatles
released "Hey Jude" backed with "Revolution," the first single from
their Apple Records label. In 1972, Elvis and Priscilla Presley filed
for divorce. They had married in May of 1967. In 1985, singer Simon
LeBon of Duran Duran was rescued from his yacht, which had capsized
during a race off the British coast. His rescuer later received a medal
of bravery. In 1986, six early albums by The Monkees re-entered
Billboard's top albums chart after almost 20 years after MTV and
Nickelodeon began running reruns of the 1960s TV show. In 1987, Clara
Peller, the elderly woman in the "Where's the beef? commercials for
Wendy's, died at age 86. In 1996, drummer Mel Taylor of The Ventures
died of lung cancer in Tarzana, California. He was 62. In 1997, actor
Christian Slater was arrested after he bit a man in the stomach and
threw a police officer against a wall during a rowdy party in Los
Angeles. He later pleaded no contest to the charges and served 90 days
in jail. In 1999, bassist Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue was arrested for
allegedly inciting violence at a show in Las Vegas. Police say he told
the crowd to flip cop cars. In 2002, actor Jason Priestly was seriously
injured after crashing a race car head-on into a wall in Sparta,
Kentucky. He broke his back, his nose and both feet, as well as
suffered a concussion. In 2005, singer Marc Cohn was shot in the temple
during an attempted carjacking in Denver. In 2006, talk show host Mike
Douglas died on his 81st birthday in West Palm Beach, Florida. In 2014,
Robin Williams committed suicide at his home outside San Francisco. He
was 63. Today's Birthdays: Actress-TV personality Arlene Dahl is 91.
Songwriter Kenny Gamble of Gamble and Huff is 73. Bassist Jim Kale of
the Guess Who is 73. Country singer John Conlee is 70. Singer Eric
Carmen is 67. Wrestler-actor Hulk Hogan is 63. Singer Joe Jackson is
62. Actress Viola Davis ("How To Get Away With Murder," 'The Help") is
51. Actor Joe Rogan ("Fear Factor," 'NewsRadio") is 49. Actress Anna
Gunn ("Breaking Bad") is 48. Actress Ashley Jensen ("Ugly Betty") is
48. Guitarist Charlie Sexton is 48. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad
(Lucy Pearl, A Tribe Called Quest) is 46. Actor Nigel Harman ("Downton
Abbey") is 43. Actor Will Friedle ("Boy Meets World") is 40. Actor Rob
Kerkovich ("NCIS: New Orleans") is 37. Actor Chris Hemsworth ("Tron,"
'The Avengers") is 33. Guitarist Heath Fogg of Alabama Shakes is 32.
Singer J-Boog (B2K) is 31. Rapper Asher Roth is 31.
