Today In Entertainment History

On August 27th, 1964, comedienne Gracie Allen died of cancer at the age of 62.

In 1965, The Beatles met Elvis Presley. It's been said the meeting was very awkward, and Presley greeted the Beatles while playing his guitar to the music on TV.

Also in 1965, Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" was released.

In 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein was found dead at his London home. He had overdosed on sleeping pills. At the time, The Beatles were on a retreat with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

In 1990, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and three members of Eric Clapton's entourage were killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. The pilot also was killed. Vaughan was 35. Two years later, federal investigators said pilot error was the probable cause of the crash.

Also in 1990, Garth Brooks released his album "No Fences."

In 1998, The New York Times refused to print an ad featuring the cover of Marilyn Manson's "Mechanical Animals" album. Manson appeared on it looking like a naked male-female alien hybrid.