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Entertainment highlights in history during the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4 (gellar mention)

Wednesday 25 August 2004, by Webmaster

1966: The Beatles ended their U.S. tour by performing what would be their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

1967: The last episode of "The Fugitive," starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, aired on ABC.

1978: Teddy Pendergrass performed a "For Women Only" concert in New York City. Ladies received white chocolate lollipops in the shape of a teddy bear.

1978: Emilio and Gloria Estefan of the Miami Sound Machine were married.

1979: INXS played their first gig, in Sydney, Australia.

1986: Debbie Gibson signed with Atlantic Records. She was still in high school at the time.

1989: A judge in Dublin, Ireland, decided not to convict U2’s Adam Clayton of marijuana possession, even though he admitted to the crime. Clayton agreed to make a contribution to a women’s charity.

1989: Loretta Swit, best known as "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the long-running "M-A-S-H" TV series, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1995: Figure skater Tonya Harding made her singing debut with her band, the Golden Blades, in Portland, Ore. The crowd booed during her three-song, 15-minute set.

2000: Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell married Leighanne Wallace. Wallace had been an extra on the set of the 1997 Backstreet Boys video, "As Long as You Love Me."

2002: Kelly Clarkson won the first "American Idol" singing competition, beating out Justin Guarini and winning a recording contract. Nearly 22.5 million people tuned in to watch the finale of the Fox TV show.

2002: Sarah Michelle Gellar married Freddie Prinze Jr. in Mexico. They had starred in the talking-dog comedy film, "Scooby-Doo."

2002: The Russian space agency notified NASA that it wasn’t taking pop star Lance Bass of ’N Sync on a mission to the international space station. Bass had failed to come up with the needed $20 million fare.