History Highlight:

Today in 1967, The Beatles joined their new guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at a press conference, during which Paul McCartney told the media that the band had quit drugs. "It was an experience we went through," he says. "We don't need it anymore. We're finding different ways to get there." Ha ha! Paul made a funny. Anyway, the band's falling-out with the Maharishi followed fairly quickly after that, culminating with Lennon penning the anti-Maharishi song "Sexy Sadie" before they'd even left India. "Sexy Sadie", originally titled "Maharishi," told of a character who had "made a fool of everyone."

Also, Today In:

1989 - Boosted by airplay on the title track, Ziggy Marley's One Bright Day broke into the Top 50 album chart.

1995 - Ronnie White of The Miracles died at the age of 57 from leukemia. White co-wrote The Temptations' hit "My Girl," among other Motown hits.

2001 - U2 played an emotional concert to a hometown crowd of over 80,000 on a beautiful day near the legendary Slane Castle. It was the biggest Irish rock audience ever. Bono dedicated "Kite" to his recently deceased father, Bob Hewson. All of the members of the band were present at his dad's funeral the day before just outside Dublin, where Bono and The Edge sang songs at the service.

2005 - A post office near the Los Angeles studio where Ray Charles recorded much of his music was renamed after the R&B legend.

Birthdays:

Shirley Manson of Garbage is 48 today.