Actor George Hamilton is 74
Actress Jennifer Warren is 72
Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 64
Singer Kid Creole is 63
Actor Sam J. Jones (“Flash Gordon”) is 59
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 59
Actor Bruce Greenwood (“Thirteen Days”) is 57
Country singer Danny Shirley (Confederate Railroad) is 57
Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 52
Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 50
Actor Peter Krause (“Parenthood,” ”Six Feet Under,” ”Sports Night”) is 48
Actor Michael Ian Black (“Ed”) is 42
Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 42
Actor Casey Affleck is 38
Actress Maggie Lawson (“Psych”) is 33
Actress Imani Hakim (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 20.

On August 12th, 1960, the Silver Beetles recruited drummer Pete Best. The band later became The Beatles, and Best was dropped in favor of Ringo Starr.

In 1966, John Lennon apologized at a news conference for his remark that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. That same day, The Beatles started their last North American tour, in Chicago.

In 1967, Fleetwood Mac made its first appearance, at the London National Jazz and Blues Festival.

In 1982, actor Henry Fonda died at the age of 77.

In 1988, the controversial movie “The Last Temptation of Christ” opened in nine cities, despite objections by some Christians that the film was sacrilegious in its treatment of Jesus.

In 1992, avant-garde composer John Cage died in New York at age 79.

In 1993, the Red Hot Chili Peppers replaced guitarist Arik Marshall with Jesse Tobias, who was replaced by Dave Navarro three months later.

In 1994, Woodstock ’94 was held in Saugerties, New York. About 350,000 people saw the show, which included mudfights during Green Day’s and Nine Inch Nails’ sets and the Red Hot Chili Peppers dressed as human light bulbs.

In 1997, a Long Island handyman was arrested for impersonating John Ford Coley, of England Dan and John Ford Coley.

(AP) — The Salvation Army will host BaconFest Omaha this weekend at its Kroc Center in southeast Omaha.

The Sunday afternoon festival is a fundraiser for the Kroc Center’s mission and activities. Funds raised from BaconFest Omaha will support Kroc Center programming and membership.

Activities include a Omaha area bands, vendor booths, a bacon-cooking competition and children’s play area. Each paid admission receives an all-day pass to the Kroc Center and $5 of “Bacon Bucks” vouchers to be used in voting for their favorite Farmland bacon cook-off creation.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Children 4 get in free. Tickets are available at Hy-Vee stores, Crave at Midtown Crossing and the Kroc Center.

Comedian-director David Steinberg is 71
Actor Sam Elliott is 69
Singer Barbara Mason is 66
Actress Melanie Griffith is 56
Actress Amanda Bearse (“Married…With Children”) is 55
Rapper Kurtis Blow is 54
“Today” co-host Hoda Kotb is 49
Actor Pat Petersen (“Knots Landing”) is 47
Actress Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) is 45
Actor Eric Bana (“Star Trek,” ”The Hulk”) is 45
“Good Morning America” co-anchor Chris Cuomo is 43
Actor Thomas Lennon (“Reno 911!”) is 43
Bassist Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind) is 43
Rapper Mack 10 is 42
Actor Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 40
Actress Rhona Mitra is 38
Actor Texas Battle is 37
Actress Jessica Capshaw is 37
Actress Ashley Johnson is 30
Actress Anna Kendrick (“Twilight”) is 28.

On August 9, 1963, the British TV show “Ready Steady Go” premiered. Most of Britain’s most popular bands appeared on the show.

Also in 1963, singer Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1967, concert officials at the Sunbury Jazz and Blues Festival in England ask Jerry Lee Lewis to leave the stage because they thought the crowd had gotten too wild during Lewis’ performance.

In 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally murdered in Tate’s Los Angeles home. Cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his young disciples were later convicted of the crime.

In 1978, Muddy Waters performed for President Jimmy Carter at a White House picnic.

In 1991, singer Rick James pleaded innocent to charges he imprisoned, tortured and sexually assaulted a woman in his California home.

In 1995, Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack while undergoing drug rehabilitation. He was 53.

In 1999, guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs quit Oasis. Barely two weeks later, bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan quit.

Actor Richard Anderson (“The Six Million Dollar Man,” ”The Bionic Woman”) is 87
Actress Nita Talbot is 83
Country singer Mel Tillis is 81
Actor Dustin Hoffman is 76
Actress Connie Stevens is 75
Country singer Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers is 74
Actor Larry Wilcox (“CHiPS”) is 66
Actor Keith Carradine is 64
Singer Airrion Love of The Stylistics is 64
Country singer Jamie O’Hara is 63
Actor Donny Most (“Happy Days”) is 60
Keyboardist Dennis Drew of 10,000 Maniacs is 56
News anchor Deborah Norville is 55
Guitarist The Edge of U2 is 52
Drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison is 52
Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 51
Singer Scott Stapp of Creed is 40
Country singer Mark Wills is 40
Guitarist Tom Linton of Jimmy Eat World is 38
Singer J.C. Chasez of ‘N Sync is 37
Singer Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees is 37
Singer Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry) is 36
Actress Actress Lindsay Sloane (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 36
Countess Vaughn (“The Parkers,” ”Moesha”) is 35
Actor Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty”) is 33
Actress Meagan Good is 32
Actor Ken Baumann is 24.

In 1960, Decca Records in Britain destroyed 25,000 copies of the song “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson. The company said the song was “too tasteless and vulgar for the English sensibility.”

In 1970, singer Bessie Smith finally received a marker for her grave in Philadelphia, 33 years after her death. Janis Joplin cited Smith as one of her influences and bought the marker for the grave.

In 1975, singer Hank Williams Jr. suffered severe head injuries when he fell while mountain climbing in Montana. He returned to performing months later.

In 1982, singer Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship married Sara Kendrick in San Francisco.

In 1986, singer David Crosby was paroled from a Texas prison. He had been serving time for drug and weapons charges.

In 1992, Metallica singer James Hetfield was injured by a stage explosion at a concert in Montreal. At that same show, Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose lost his voice and cut short their set. Fans rioted when the concert ended early.

In 1996, singer Mel Torme (tor-MAY’) was hospitalized after a stroke that left his left side weakened and affected his speech.

In 1999, violence broke out for the second night in a row in the parking lot outside a Dave Matthews Band concert in Hartford, Connecticut. Police say people outside the show threw bottles and rocks.

In 2001, actor Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were divorced after eleven years of marriage.

In 2004, a bus driver for the Dave Matthews Band dumped human waste from the bus into the Chicago River and onto a tour boat carrying more than 100 passengers. The band later settled with the state of Illinois, and the driver plead guilty to reckless conduct and pollution charges.

(AP) — An exhibition of original art for Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” is scheduled to open Saturday at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha.

Theodore Geisel’s hand-drawn artwork is on loan from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

The exhibition runs through Nov. 3. Admission is free.

On August seventh, 1963, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello’s first movie together, “Beach Party,” was released.

In 1970, “Soul Train” made its debut on a Chicago TV station.

In 1974, actress Faye Dunaway married singer Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band. They divorced five years later.

In 1986, a judge in Los Angeles dismissed a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The lawsuit had been filed by the parents of a teenager who killed himself while listening to Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution.”

Also in 1986, actor Tom Selleck married Jillie Mack.

In 1990, Marlon Brando’s son Christian pleaded innocent in the murder of his half-sister’s boyfriend.

In 1991, charges of assault and property damage were filed against Axl Rose in connection with a riot during a Guns N’ Roses concert in the St. Louis area.

In 1995, rapper LL Cool J married Simone Johnson.

In 2011, singer Gavin DeGraw was attacked by a group of unknown assailants in New York. He suffered a concussion, a broken nose and black eyes.

Writer-producer-humorist Stan Freberg is 87
Actress Verna Bloom (“Animal House”) is 74
Humorist Garrison Keillor is 71. Singer B.J. Thomas is 71
Actor John Glover is 69
Actor David Rasche is 69
Singer Harold Hudson of The Commodores is 64
Country singer Rodney Crowell is 63
Actor Wayne Knight (“Seinfeld”) is 58
Singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is 55
Actor David Duchovny (“Californication”, “The X-Files”) is 53
Actress Delane Matthews (“Dave’s World”) is 52
Actor Harold Perrineau (“Lost,” ”Oz”) is 50
Country singer Raul Malo of The Mavericks is 48
Actress Charlotte Lewis is 46
Actress Sydney Penny is 42
Actor Michael Shannon is 39
Actress Charlize Theron is 38
Drummer Barry Kerch of Shinedown is 37
Actor Randy Wayne is 32
Actor-writer Brit Marling is 31.