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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, Chers 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 groups 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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