The first artist to play the Astrodome after it’s opening on April 9, 1965,
was Judy Garland. She was paid $43,000 for the one 40 minute evening
show on December 17. The Supremes were her opening act. The dome
seated 48,000, with another 12,000 seats added for this show. 

The pilot for Dragnet, "The Human Bomb" aired on NBC-TV as a special
presentation of the variety series Chesterfield Sound-Off Time. The show
garnered such high ratings that sponsor Liggett & Myers Tobacco dropped
the variety show and went with the police drama. The series officially began
on January 3, 1952 and ran until 1959.

The motel as it looks today

Created in 1925 by Pasedena-based architect and developer Arthur Heineman, the 
Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo (originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel) is located
in San Luis Obispo, California. It had little garages right next to several dozen
bungalows that rented for $1.25 a night.

            Ed Danahue

Tom Selleck will be 69, on January 29