Today is Checkers Day, and Native American Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1966: The Rolling Stones begin their biggest-ever headlining tour of Britain.
1967: The Strawberry Alarm Clock perform "Incense and Peppermints" on American Bandstand.
1970: Mick Jagger meets Bianca Pérez Morena De Macías for the first time.
1980: David Bowie takes over the title role in The Elephant Man on Broadway.
1980: Bob Marley collapses onstage during a show in Pittsburgh. It will prove to be his last performance.
1992: Jackson Browne is accused of physical assault by his girlfriend, Daryl Hannah.
1996: Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA publishes her biography, As I Am.
1998: Elvis is inducted into Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.
2007: Lionel Richie guest-stars as himself on the season opener of The Simpsons.
CONCERT TO END GUN VIOLENCE! On Sunday, 350 musical events will take place across the country, as part of The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence. New York's Beacon Theater will featuring Jackson Browne, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Marc Cohn and Rosanne Cash. The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence will begin in Hawaii at 1 a.m. EST Sunday. Get the details.
JIM CARREY STD! The public war of words continues between Jim Carrey and Mark Burton, the husband of Carrey's late girlfriend, Cathriona White, claims Carrey gave White a sexually transmitted disease. Burton filed suit against Carrey Monday in LA seeking various damages, plus funeral and burial expenses, and now he has amended his suit to claim Carrey gave White an STD. Get the dirty details.
OLD TIME SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS! Try your hand at five cool science experiments from the turn of the century that will amaze your family and friends. WARNING: Some of the stuff needed to do a few of the experiments is no longer readily available. Click here and let the fun begin.
