Picture of the Day and Birthdays for August 5

Posted August 4, 2008, 7:17 pm
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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 5, the 218th day of 2008. There are 148 days left in the year.

On this day in 1957, Dick Clark's American Bandstand, a show for teenage baby boomers, made its debut. American Bandstand lasted until 1987, becoming ABC-TV's longest-running show.

Birthdays for August 5: Former astronaut Neil Armstrong is 78, Actress Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler in "Gone With The Wind") is 74. Bassist Rick Huxley of The Dave Clark Five is 66. Actress Erika Slezak ("One Life To Live") is 62. Actress Loni Anderson is 62. Singer Rick Derringer (The McCoys, "Hang on Sloopy") is 61. Actress Maureen McCormick ("The Brady Bunch") is 52. Guitarist Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) is 49. Actress Tawny Kitaen is 47. Actor Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy") is 42.

Picture of the Day: On this day In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills.