The Beatles jump up the charts, Howard Hughes exposes his fake biographer, "The Phantom of the Opera" passes "Cats," and Apple introduces iTunes and the iPhone, years apart, all on this day.
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1955: Actor J. K. Simmons, best known for TV roles in "Law & Order," "Oz" and "The Closer," and for movie roles in the "Spider-Man" trilogy (pictured), "Juno" and "Up in the Air," is born in Detroit, Mich.