ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY
On June fourth, 1963, The Searchers released their debut single, a
cover of The Drifters' "Sweets for My Sweet. In 1967, "The Monkees" TV
show won an Emmy Award for outstanding comedy series. In 1973, Murry
Wilson, the father of Beach Boys Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, died of
a heart attack at age 55. He managed the band at the beginning of its
career. In 1984, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band released their
"Born in the USA" album. In 1991, Billy Crystal got a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. His movie "City Slickers" opened a few days
later. In 1992, the "young Elvis" stamp beat out the "Vegas Elvis"
stamp in a contest conducted by the U.S. Postal Service. More than a
million votes were tallied. In 1997, bassist Ronnie Lane of Small Faces
died after a battle with multiple sclerosis at his home in Trinidad,
Colorado. Lane was 51. That same day, the body of singer Jeff Buckley
was found floating in a riverfront harbor in Memphis, Tennessee.
Buckley was 30. Also in 1997, actor Matthew Perry entered a drug
rehabilitation program for addiction to prescription painkillers. In
2000, rapper Eminem was arrested outside a club in Warren, Michigan, on
two felony weapons accounts. Police say he used an unloaded pistol to
hit a man kissing his wife. He was later sentenced to probation and
fines. In 2005, Creed announced their breakup. They have since
reunited. In 2007, Paris Hilton began serving a 23-day jail sentence
for breaking probation. She was transferred after three days to her own
home for house arrest after she developed a psychological condition.
She later returned to jail to finish her sentence. Today's Birthdays:
Actor Bruce Dern is 79. Singer-actress Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and
The Papas) is 71. Jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton is 70. Bassist Danny
Brown of The Fixx is 64. Actor Parker Stevenson is 63. Actor Keith
David ("Barbershop") is 59. Singer El DeBarge is 54. Actor Sean Pertwee
("Gotham") is 51. Singer Al B. Sure! is 47. Actor Scott Wolf ("Party of
Five") is 47. Ron Huebel ("What To Expect When You're Expecting") is
46. Comedian Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live") is 46. Actor Noah
Wyle (WY'-lee) ("ER") is 44. Bassist Stefan Lessard of The Dave
Matthews Band is 41. Actor Russell Brand is 40. Actress Angelina Jolie
is 40. Actor Theo Rossi ("Sons of Anarchy") is 40. Bassist JoJo Garza
of Los Lonely Boys is 35. Drummer Zac Farro (Paramore) is 25.
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