On January 18th, 1969, former Beatles drummer Pete Best won his defamation suit against the Beatles. He had sought $8 million, but was awarded considerably less.

This was the day in 1973 that the Rolling Stones held a benefit concert in Los Angeles for victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. Mick Jagger's wife Bianca had relatives in Nicaragua. The concert raised more than $400,000.

If you're a Pink Floyd fan you might want to know it was on January 18, 1973 that the band began recording ``Dark Side of the Moon.''

In 1991, three people were crushed to death at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City. The victims had been pinned by people who rushed the stage.

In 1996, Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson.

Happy birthday today to these showbiz types:

Kevin Costner is 61.

Jesse L. Martin (''Law and Order'') is 47.

Jason Segel (''How I Met Your Mother,'' `'Freaks and Geeks'') is 36.

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