AUGUST 23
ON AUGUST 23RD, 1962, JOHN LENNON BECAME THE FIRST OF THE BEATLES TO BE MARRIED, WHEN HE EXCHANGED VOWS WITH HIS ART SCHOOL SWEETHEART CYNTHIA POWELL. PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS BEST MAN, AND THE MARRIAGE LASTED SIX YEARS.
TODAY IN 1969, THE ROLLING STONES STARTED A FOUR-WEEK STAY AT THE TOP OF THE SINGLES CHART WITH “HONKEY TONK WOMEN,” THEIR 5TH US #1.
AND TODAY IS THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATE KEITH MOON, THE LEGENDARY DRUMMER OF THE WHO. BACK IN 1967, HE DROVE HIS LINCOLN CONTINENTAL INTO A HOLIDAY INN SWIMMING POOL WHILE CELEBRATING HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY.