Entertainment Highlights in History

Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 | 4:26 a.m.

Entertainment highlights during the week of Sept. 2-8:

1936: Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas.

1963: The "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" expanded from 15 to 30 minutes, becoming network television's first half-hour nightly newscast.

1966: The TV series "Star Trek" premiered on NBC. It ran for three years.

1967: The sitcom "The Flying Nun" debuted on ABC. Sally Field starred as a novice nun who discovers she can fly.

1969: After a concert in Memphis, Tenn., James Brown announced that he was going to retire from touring the following summer. He did cut back on touring but didn't retire.

1988: actor Kevin Bacon married actress Kyra Sedgwick.

1989: Singer Ric Ocasek of the Cars married model Paulina Porizkova.

1991: Director Frank Capra died at his home in California at the age of 94. Among his works: "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" and "It's A Wonderful Life," which both starred Jimmy Stewart.

1991: Garth Brooks released the album "Ropin' the Wind."

1996: Rapper Tupac Shakur and record company executive Suge Knight were shot while driving in Las Vegas. Shakur died six days later.

2002: Kelly Clarkson was named the winner on "American Idol."

2005: Kanye West went off the script during an NBC telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. He said, among other things, "George Bush doesn't care about black people."