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Entertainment highlights for Sunday to Feb. 17:

  • In 1964, The Beatles performed their first U.S. concert at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C.
  • In 1967, police raided the English country home of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards in a search for drugs. Singer Mick Jagger was there at the time. They were charged three months late
  • In 1970, singer Joni Mitchell announced her retirement from live performances. She was doing shows again within the year.
  • In 1972, David Bowie first performed as “Ziggy Stardust” at a show in Tollworth, England.
  • Also 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.
  • Also in 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a week as co-hosts of Mike Douglas’ television talk show.
  • In 1975, Cher’s musical variety series debuted on CBS. It ran until 1976.
  • In 1982, a 300-pound marker on the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, Fla., cemetery. Police found it two weeks later in a dry river bed.
  • In 1988, in Hollywood, Fla., a 12-year-old fan of Motley Crue set his legs on fire while trying to imitate a stunt in the group’s “Live Wire” video.
  • In 1996, the Artist Formerly Known As Prince married dancer Mayte Garcia in Minneapolis.
  • In 1997, Michael Jackson and wife Debbie Rowe became parents to a son named Prince.
  • In 2000, Darva Conger married Rick Rockwell on the Fox TV show “Who Wants To Marry A Multimillionaire.” Fox later learned an ex-girlfriend accused Rockwell of hitting her, and Conger asked for an annulment less than a week later.
 

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