On this day in 1986, Michael Jackson’s 3D movie “Captain EO” premiered at Disney theme parks. The 17-minute film was directed by Frances Ford Coppola, executive produced by George Lucas, and starred Michael Jackson as Captain EO. Captain EO and his ragtag crew are on a mission to deliver a gift to the wicked alien leader Witch Queen, played by Anjelica Huston, on her planet of rotting, twisted metal and steaming vents. Captain... 

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. 1735 Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) 1872 1st mail-order catalog issued by A. M. Ward 1920 Shelley Winters born 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time 1933 Roman Polanski born 1937 Robert Redford born 1943 Martin Mull born 1952 Patrick Swayze born Image... 

On this day in 1987… Late night legend Johnny Carson married his 4th wife, Alexis Mass, a former aide to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. The talk show host was 61, his new bride was 35. Johnny Carson and Alexis Mass are said to have met when Alexis was walking down the Malibu beach, holding an empty wine glass. Carson said he noticed a beautiful woman and offered to fill the glass. His marriage to Alexis Mass was Johnny Carson’s... 

On this day in 1982….. Comedian John Belushi died of a drug overdose at the age of 33. Born to a first-generation Albanian American mother and Albanian immigrant father in Chicago, Illinois on January 24, 1949, John Adam Belushi grew up just outside of Chicago, in Wheaton, where he attended Wheaton Central High School and met his future wife Judy Jacklin during his sophomore year; the couple remained together until his death. John Belushi’s... 

On this day in 1981….. The remaining three Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr reunited to record a tribute to John Lennon (who had been shot to death two months before). That meeting resulted in the song “All Those Years Ago” and was released on George Harrison’s label ‘Dark Horse.’ The song was #2 on the charts for three weeks. All Those Years Ago I’m shouting all about love While they treated you... 

On this day in 1988….. “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin hit the #1 spot on the charts and won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Bobby McFerrin was born Robert “Bobby” McFerrin Jr. on March 11, 1950 to operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and opera singer/professor Sara Copper; Bobby’s father was the first African American to be a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1975 Bobby McFerrin married... 

On this day in 1961 the music world changed forever. In a Liverpool nightclub called the Cavern, record store manager Brian Epstein was there to hear the Beatles. Two months later, he was their manager and helped them land their first record deal in 1962. John, Paul, George and Ringo were well on their way to changing the world. Epstein took the four boys from blue jeans and leather jackets to clean-cut suits and ties, and launched them...