Entertainment History
On Aug. 28, 1961, Motown released its first No. 1 hit, "Please Mr.
Postman" by The Marvelettes. In 1963, Peter, Paul and Mary performed
"Blowin' In The Wind" before civil rights marchers who had gathered in
Washington to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. In 1964, The Beatles
met Bob Dylan, who supposedly introduced them to marijuana. In 1965,
Bob Dylan was booed off stage at Forest Hills Stadium in New York for
playing electric guitar. In 1967, the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and
the Holding Company played at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who
was struck by a car in San Francisco. In 1972, David Bowie and The
Spiders From Mars made their debut at Carnegie Hall in New York. Bowie
gave the performance while he was sick with the flu. In 1982, George
Strait had his first No. 1 country song with "Fool-Hearted Memory. In
1986, Tina Turner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In
2003, the MTV Video Music Awards opened with a performance by Madonna
in which she kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera full on their
mouths. Today's Birthdays: Actor Sonny Shroyer ("The Dukes of Hazzard")
is 81. Actor Ken Jenkins ("Scrubs") is 76. Actor David Soul is 73.
Actress Barbara Bach is 70. Actress Debra Mooney ("The Practice,"
'Everwood") is 69. Singer Wayne Osmond of The Osmonds is 65. Actor
Daniel Stern is 59. Actress Emma Samms is 56. Actress Jennifer Coolidge
is 55. Country singer Shania (shuh-NY'-uh) Twain is 51. Actor Billy
Boyd ("Lord of the Rings") is 48. Actor-singer Jack Black of Tenacious
D is 47. Actor Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills, 90210") is 47. Actor J.
August Richards ("Angel") is 43. Singer-bassist Max Collins of Eve 6 is
38. Actress Carly Pope ("Outlaw," '24,") is 36. Country singer Jake
Owen is 35. Country singer Leann Rimes is 34. Actress Kelly Theibaud
("General Hospital") is 34. Singer Florence Welch of Florence and the
Machine is 30. Actor Armie Hammer ("The Lone Ranger," 'The Social
Network") is 30. Actress Shalita Grant ("NCIS: New Orleans") is 28.
Singer Cassadee Pope ("The Voice") is 27. Actress Katie Findlay ("How
To Get Away With Murder") is 26. Actor Samuel Larsen ("Glee") is 25.
Actor Kyle Massey ("Cory in the House," 'That's So Raven") is 25.
Actress Quvenzhane (kwuh-VEHN'-zhah-nay) Wallis ("Beasts of the
Southern Wild") is 13. Reality TV personality Honey Boo Boo (Alana
Thompson) ("Here Comes Honey Boo Boo") is 11.
