Almanac of Absurdities 8/29/10

On this day in 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the Beatles wrapped up their final tour, and performed their final formal concert. There was that stand on top of the building in 1968, but that only kind of counts. A lot of good directors were born today: Preston Sturges, Richard Attenborough, and William Friedkin, and coincidentally director Joel Schumacher was born today too. Also Michael Jackson’s birthday.