Entertainment History
On August 19, 1964, The Beatles opened their first U.S. tour at the Cow
Palace in San Francisco. Other acts on the bill included the Righteous
Brothers and Jackie DeShannon. In 1967, "All You Need Is Love" by The
Beatles hit number one on the pop charts. That same day, Beatles
drummer Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen had another child, a boy named
Jason. In 1973, singers Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge got
married in Los Angeles. They divorced in 1979. In 1977, comedian
Groucho Marx died in Los Angeles. He was 86. In 1980, Christopher
Cross' debut album went platinum. In 2000, actresses Ellen DeGeneres
and Anne Heche (HAYSH) announced they were breaking up. Just hours
later, Heche was hospitalized after she wandered disoriented into a
stranger's home in Fresno County, California. In 2008, sax player Leroi
Moore of the Dave Matthews Band died of complications from an
all-terrain vehicle accident two months earlier. He was 46. Today's
Birthdays: Actor L.Q. Jones ("Casino") is 89. Actress Debra Paget
("Love Me Tender") is 83. Actress Diana Muldaur ("Star Trek: The Next
Generation") is 78. Drummer Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 77.
Singer Johnny Nash is 76. Actress Jill St. John is 76. Singer Billy J.
Kramer is 73. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 72. Singer Ian
Gillan of Deep Purple is 71. Actor Gerald McRaney is 69. Actor Jim
Carter ("Downton Abbey") is 68. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 65.
Actor Jonathan Frakes ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 64. Actor
Peter Gallagher is 61. Actor Adam Arkin is 60. Singer-songwriter Gary
Chapman is 59. Actor Martin Donovan is 59. Singer Ivan Neville is 57.
Actor Eric Lutes ("Caroline In The City") is 54. Actor John Stamos is
53. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 51. Actor Kevin Dillon ("Entourage") is
51. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 50. Former MTV reporter Tabitha
Soren is 49. Country singer Clay Walker is 47. Actor Matthew Perry
("Friends") is 47. Rapper Fat Joe is 46. Actress Tracie Thoms ("Cold
Case") is 41. Actress Erika Christensen ("Parenthood") is 34. Actress
Melissa Fumero ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine") is 34. Actress Tammin Sursok
("Pretty Little Liars") is 33. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 32.
Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo) is 27.
