Entertainment History
On August 29, 1958, George Harrison joined John Lennon's band The
Quarrymen, which also included bassist Paul McCartney and Ken Brown on
drums. In 1966, The Beatles ended their U.S. tour by performing what
would be their last public concert, before 25,000 fans at Candlestick
Park in San Francisco. In 1967, the last episode of "The Fugitive"
aired. It was the largest audience in TV history until the "Who Shot
J.R." episode of "Dallas. In 1982, actress Ingrid Bergman died on her
69th birthday. In 1991, Run from Run-DMC pleaded innocent in Cleveland
to charges he raped a fan who asked for an autograph. In 1995, singer
Gladys Knight married motivational speaker Les Brown. They have since
divorced. In 2002, Eminem drew boos at the MTV Video Music Awards after
he called Moby a girl and threatened to hit a guy with glasses, which
Moby was wearing. That same night, Michael Jackson accepted a special
award as a birthday present that he mistook for the Artist of the
Millennium award. Today's Birthdays: Actress Betty Lynn ("The Andy
Griffith Show") is 90. Movie director William Friedkin is 81. Actor
Elliott Gould is 78. TV personality Robin Leach ("Lifestyles of the
Rich and Famous") is 75. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh ("Too Close
For Comfort") is 64. Keyboardist Dan Truman of Diamond Rio is 60.
Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 57. Bassist-singer Me'Shell NdegeOcello
(en-DAY'-gay-oh-CHEL'-oh) is 48. Singer Carl Martin of Shai (SHY) is
46. Actress Carla Gugino is 45. Guitarist Kyle Cook of Matchbox Twenty
is 41. Actor John Hensley ("Nip/Tuck") is 39. Actress Kate Simses ("Dr.
Ken") is 37. Bassist David Desrosiers (deh-ROHS'-ee-ay) of Simple Plan
is 36. Actress Lea Michele ("Glee") is 30. Singer Liam Payne of One
Direction is 26.
