Yeah, the Beatles were toking up big time at that point, and all four members of the band along with manager Brian Epstein looked through their psychedelic sunglasses and signed a petition calling for the legalization of marijuana.

It was 1967, and the petition was later printed in the local news papers.  It didn't do any good, but they made Bob Dylan proud.  Ain't no one looking buzzed in the photo below.

Beatles by Keystone/Getty Image
Beatles by Keystone/Getty Image
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Later that day the Beatles had a meeting with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose lecture on Transcendental Meditation impressed them enough to later travel with him to Bangor.  Bangor in North Wales that is.  The smoke was thick and everyone needed a shower, and then one by one, most of the band members began to flee, eventually leaving George Harrison and his sitar behind.

In 1982 Survivor hit #1 with Eye Of The Tiger, and Rocky Balboa fans everywhere began running up stairs with their arms flailing.

In 1999, Phil Collins married for the third time. He hitched up with marketing consultant Orianne Cevey in Lausanne, Switzerland. Groovy cats like Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and Elton John attended the ceremony.  Collins, keeping in the tradition of his relationships, split with Cevey in 2008. There must have been something in the air.

And born on this date in 1970, the lovely, talented and jaw dropping beauty, Jennifer Lopez!  Thank you Lord.

 

 

 

 

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