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! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY !

On June second, 1962, Island Records released its first single, "Twist Baby" by Owen Gray. Island became home to such acts as Jethro Tull and Traffic. Later, reggae artists like Bob Marley and the Wailers were featured on the label.

In 1973, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham dumped a bucket of water over promoter Bill Graham following an argument at a show in San Francisco.

In 1978, Bruce Springsteen's album "Darkness on the Edge of Town" was released.

In 1989, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married model Mandy Smith. He was 48, she was 19. They divorced in 1991.

In 1993, Ronald Ray Howard's murder trial began in Austin, Texas. Prosecutors said Howard killed a state trooper after listening to 2Pac's "2Pacalypse Now" album. Howard was convicted and sentenced to death.

In 1996, game show host Ray Combs hanged himself in the mental ward of a hospital in Glendale, California. Combs hosted "The New Family Feud." He was 40.

In 2001, Tom Petty married longtime girlfriend Dana York in Las Vegas.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Milo O'Shea is 83. Actress Sally Kellerman is 71. Actor Ron Ely ("Tarzan") is 70. Actor Stacy Keach is 67. Singer William Guest with Gladys Knight and the Pips is 67. Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones is 67.

Actor-director Charles Haid ("Hill Street Blues") is 65. Composer Marvin Hamlisch is 64. Actor Jerry Mathers ("Leave It To Beaver") is 60. Actress Joanna Gleason is 58. Actor Dennis Haysbert ("24") is 54. Comedian Dana Carvey is 53. Singer Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet is 48. Singer Merril Bainbridge is 40. Rapper B-Real of Cypress Hill is 38. Actress Paula Cale ("Providence") is 38.

Comedian Wayne Brady is 36. Keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley of Keane is 32. Actor Zachary Quinto ("Heroes") is 31. Actress Nikki Cox ("Unhappily Ever After") is 30. Actor Justin Long ("Accepted," "Dodgeball") is 30. Actor Deon Richmond ("Van Wilder," "Scream 3") is 30. Singer Irish Grinstead of 702 is 28. Drummer Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes is 28. Country singer Dan Cahoon of Marshall Dyllon is 25.

(Above for release Monday, June second.) Copyright 2008, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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