Entertainment History
On February 13, 1961, Frank Sinatra unveiled his own record label,
Reprise. Sinatra did not have a very high opinion of rock music, but
the label would release recordings by The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix and
The Kinks. In 1972, Led Zeppelin had to cancel a concert in Singapore
after authorities would not let the group off the plane because of
their long hair. In 1982, a 300-pound marker on the grave of Lynyrd
Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, Florida,
cemetery. Police found it two weeks later in a dry river bed. In 1991,
a helicopter carrying actor Kirk Douglas collided with a stunt plane
over an airport in California. Douglas suffered cuts and bruises. Two
people on the plane were killed. In 1997, Michael Jackson and then-wife
Debbie Rowe became parents to a son named Prince. Today's Birthdays:
Actress Kim Novak is 84. Actor George Segal ("Just Shoot Me") is 83.
Actor Bo Svenson ("Walking Tall") is 76. Singer-bassist-actor Peter
Tork of The Monkees is 75. Actress Carol Lynley is 75. Actress Stockard
Channing is 73. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 73. Singer Peter
Gabriel is 67. Actor David Naughton is 66. Bassist Peter Hook of New
Order and Joy Division is 61. Actor Matt Salinger is 57. Singer Henry
Rollins is 56. Actor Neal McDonough ("Boomtown") is 51. Singer Freedom
Williams (C & C Music Factory) is 51. Actress Kelly Hu ("Martial Law")
is 49. Singer Matt Berninger of The National is 46. Bassist Todd
Harrell of 3 Doors Down is 45. Singer Feist is 41. MC Natalie Stewart
of Floetry is 38. Actress Mena Suvari (MEE'-nuh soo-VAHR'-ee) is 38.
Drummer Dash Hutton of Haim (HYM) is 32.
