Taboo - 34 (Young urban troubadour from the Black Eyed Peas. Real Mexican / Native-American Name: Jaime Gomez. He is a Rosemead High School Panther from Rosemead, California . . . which is a hood 20 minutes from Downtown L.A.)
Missy Gold - 39 (The Governor's daughter Katie on "Benson" . . . THE star of "Circus of the Stars 7 AND 8" . . . AND younger sister of anorexic "Growing Pains" superstar Tracey Gold. Missy gave up acting after "Benson"; now she's a psychologist.)
Matthew Fox - 43 (Jack on "Lost", Racer X in that disastrous "Speed Racer" movie and Charlie Salinger on "Party of Five".) (--But according to Seth Rogen's character in "Knocked Up", there is absolutely NOTHING interesting about him.)
Bebe Buell - 56 (Shameless rock groupie who "gave the keys to the temple" to Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Page, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello and Steven Tyler . . . and who begat the luscious Liv Tyler.)
Rosey Grier - 77 (Former L.A. Rams legend. When Robert Kennedy was assassinated, Rosey Grier tackled killer Sirhan Sirhan . . . then fended off the unruly mob that tried to kill Sirhan with their fists of fury.(--But the achievement he is no doubt MOST proud of is his star turn in "The Thing with Two Heads"!!!)
Actress-singer Polly Bergen is 79.
Harry Dean Stanton is 83.
Dale Robertson is 86.
1956 - Fats Domino hit #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the pop chart with his song "I'm In Love Again".
1967 - The Who began their first full-scale U.S. tour as the
opening act for Herman's Hermits.
1969 - Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance with The Band at the Mississippi River Rock Festival. He performed three songs.
1973 - The Everly Brothers announced their break up during a show at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA.
1987 - Steve Miller got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1987 - "U Got The Look" by Prince was released.
1988 - Michael Jackson began his first British tour at Wembley Stadium in London.
1989 - Cyndi Lauper released the first closed-captioned video. The video was for the song "My First Night Without You."
1992 - Olivia Newton-John announced that she had breast cancer. Her publicist said that doctors expected a full recovery.
1993 - The U.S. Postal Service released 29-cent stamps that honored four Broadway musicals. The featured scenes were from "My Fair Lady," "Porgy and Bess," "Show Boat" and "Oklahoma!"
1995 - George Michael announced the settlement of his long running dispute with Sony and that he had been released from his contract.
1998 - Clive Davis held a party in Central Park to celebrate Sarah McLachlan's album "Surfacing," which had gone triple platinum.
1998 - Mariah Carey volunteered to record a public service announcement about a girl who had disappeared a month earlier in Seaside, CA.
2000 - It was announced that the Go-Go's had gotten back together again for a tour, new album, a book and a movie.
2000 - Dr. Dre filed suit against the city of Detroit alleging censorship. The lawsuit stemmed from a concert stop in Detroit on July 6, 2000, when Dre was told he and the tour organizers would be arrested if he showed a video during the concert. The video contained nudity and graphic violence.
