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The Beatles Fired Pete Best on August 16, 1962 — and Ringo Starr Was Already Lined Up

On August 16, 1962, Brian Epstein fired Pete Best at the other Beatles' request after producer George Martin signaled he preferred a better drummer. Ringo Starr was already lined up.…

Ronald Jeferson Aug 16, 2026 6 min read

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Madonna and Angela Bassett Share a Birthday — and Madonna Married Sean Penn on Her Own

Madonna and Angela Bassett were both born on August 16, 1958, three hundred miles apart. On her twenty-seventh birthday in…

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Elvis Presley’s Final Hours at Graceland: The Bathroom, The Book About Jesus, and His Last Words ‘Ok, I Won’t’

On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley was found dead on the bathroom floor of Graceland. Hours earlier his fiancée Ginger…

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The True Story of Philippe Petit’s Unauthorized Twin

On the morning of August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit stepped from the roof of the south tower of the World...

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Queen Nearly Destroyed ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Master

During the marathon recording sessions for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the late summer of 1975, the band came close to...

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How AMC Theatres Invented the Movie-Seat Cupholder in 1981

In 1981, AMC Theatres became the first major movie theater chain to install cupholders in the armrests of its seats,...

The Beatles Fired Pete Best on August 16, 1962 — and Ringo Starr Was Already Lined Up

Madonna and Angela Bassett Share a Birthday — and Madonna Married Sean Penn on Her Own

Elvis Presley’s Final Hours at Graceland: The Bathroom, The Book About Jesus, and His Last Words ‘Ok, I Won’t’

The True Story of Philippe Petit’s Unauthorized Twin

Queen Nearly Destroyed ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Master

How AMC Theatres Invented the Movie-Seat Cupholder in 1981

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