On This Day In History July 27th
Lance Bass, Elvis, the space shuttle, and Pee-Wee. Go Elvis 45 years ago – In 1977, Elvis Costello was arrested while performing outside the London Hilton where a CBS Records…
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Lance Bass, Elvis, the space shuttle, and Pee-Wee.
Go Elvis
45 years ago - In 1977, Elvis Costello was arrested while performing outside
the London Hilton where a CBS Records sales conference was being held. He
was trying to audition for a U.S. record deal. He was fined five British pounds.
CBS execs invited young Elvis Costello back for an audition and eventually
signed him.
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Pee-Wee time
31 years ago - In 1991, Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-Wee Herman, was arrested
inside an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida. He was accused of exposing
himself TWICE during a showing of the hit film, "Tiger Shark".
He pleaded no contest and "got off" with a $50 fine and court costs.
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The return
17 years ago - In 2005, The Space Shuttle Discovery returned to space in the
first Space Shuttle flight since the destruction of the Columbia nearly two and a
half years earlier.
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Out
16 years ago - In 2006, Lance Bass came out in "People" magazine. . . telling
the world that he is a delicious and proud gay man.
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