Archive for November 21, 2009

1934 – The musical “Anything Goes,” by Cole Porter, opened.

1963 – The Elvis Presley film “Fun in Acapulco” premiered.

1975 – Elton John received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

1978 – Prince’s second single “Just As Long As We’re Together” was released.

1980 – Don Henley was arrested after paramedics treated a nude sixteen year-old girl suffering from drug intoxication at his home in Los Angeles, CA. Henley was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, cocaine and Quaaludes and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

1980 – A one-hour documentary film, “Van Morrison in Ireland,” was premiered at London’s National Film Theater.

1982 – Joni Mitchell and Larry Klein, her bass player, were married.

1983 – In Los Angeles, movie theatres premiered Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video.

1988 – “The Delicate Sound Of Thunder” by Pink Floyd was released.

1990 – Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall were married in Bali, Indonesia.

1991 – Aerosmith made a guest appearance on an episode of the Fox TV show “The Simpsons” called “Flaming Moe’s.”

1993 – The musical “Cinderella” closed after 14 performances.

1993 – The musical “Cyrano – The Musical” opened.

1995 – 2pac Shakur and Tha Dogg Pound gave out 2,000 turkeys in Los Angeles, CA.

1995 – The “Beatles Anthology I” set a first-day sales record, selling 450,000 units.

1995 – Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong was arrested and fined $141 for dropping his pants at a concert in Milwaukee, WI.

1997 – Coolio and seven members of his band 40 Thevz were arrested and charged with theft and assault in a boutique in the town of Boblingen, Germany. The eight were charged with assaulting a female clerk in a clothing store and stealing clothing worth $2,000.

2003 – In Santa Barbara, CA, Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation. Jackson immediately posted the $3 million bail and then flew back to Las Vegas where he had been filming a video. He was given an arraignment date of January 9, 2004.

2003 – Phil Spector was charged with the murder of Lana Clarkson at his home the previos February. Spector pled innocent.

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