Entertainment History
On August 24, 1960, Stevie Wonder was the first musician to reach
number one on the pop and R-and-B charts with "Fingertips, Part 2" and
number one on the album chart with "The 12-Year-Old Genius. In 1967,
the members of The Beatles met the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the first
time in London. During a private meeting, the Maharishi accepted them
as disciples. In 1968, Who drummer Keith Moon drove a Lincoln into the
swimming pool of a hotel in Flint, Michigan, to cap off his birthday.
In 1979, The Cars played before half a million people in New York's
Central Park. In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to
life in prison for the shooting death of John Lennon in New York. In
1983, Jerry Lee Lewis' wife, Shawn, was found dead at their Mississippi
home. An autopsy revealed she died of a methadone overdose. In 1988,
country singer Nat Stuckey died in Nashville of lung cancer. In 1990, a
judge in Reno, Nevada, ruled that Judas Priest was not responsible for
a suicide pact formed by two fans. However, he said the band's "Stained
Class" album did contain hidden messages. Also in 1990, singer Sinead
(shuh-NAYD') O'Connor banned the "Star-Spangled Banner" from her show
in New Jersey. Some radio stations, in turn, refused to play O'Connor's
music. In 1996, Bob Schieffer hosted his last newscast on the "CBS
Saturday Evening News. He had been an anchor for 20 years. Today's
Birthdays: Guitarist Mason Williams is 78. Singer Marshall Thompson of
The Chi-Lites is 74. Keyboardist Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) is 71.
Actress Ann Archer is 69. Actor Joe Regalbuto ("Murphy Brown") is 67.
Actor Kevin Dunn ("Samantha Who?") is 61. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 58.
Talk show host Craig Kilborn is 54. Singer John Bush (Anthrax) is 53.
Actress Marlee Matlin is 51. Newsman David Gregory ("Meet The Press")
is 46. Country singer Kristyn Osborn of SheDaisy is 46. Actor-comedian
Dave Chappelle is 43. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo ("CSI: New York") is 43.
Actor Alex O'Loughlin ("Hawaii Five-0") is 40. Actor Chad Michael
Murray ("One Tree Hill," 'A Cinderella Story") is 35. Actor Rupert
Grint ("Harry Potter") is 28.
