TGIF’s History Lesson:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/04/us/ap-history.html?_r=1
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 4, 1966, John Lennon of The Beatles was quoted in the London Evening Standard as saying, “We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first — rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity.” (After his comments caused an angry backlash in the United States, Lennon sought to clarify his remarks, telling reporters, “If I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I might have got away with it.”)
Birthdays:
Rock musician Jason Newsted is 53. Actress Stacy Edwards is 51. Rapper Grand Puba is 50. Rock musician Patrick Hannan (The Sundays) is 50. Rock singer Evan Dando (Lemonheads) is 49. Actress Patsy Kensit is 48. Gay rights activist Chaz Bono is 47. Actress Andrea Bendewald is 46. Actor Nick Stabile (stah-BEEL’) is 46. Rock musician Fergal Lawler (The Cranberries) is 45. Country singer Jason Sellers is 45. Jazz musician Jason Marsalis is 39.
In 1974, the first issue of People magazine, then called People Weekly, was published by Time-Life Inc.; on the cover was actress Mia Farrow.
Thought for Today: “I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.” — D.H. Lawrence, English author (1885-1930).