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1945: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married in a three-minute ceremony.
1954: CBS gave Johnny Carson a summer TV game show called "Earn Your Vacation."
1974: Bandleader and composer Duke Ellington died of lung cancer at the age of 75.
1980: Singer Ian Curtis of the new wave band Joy Division was found dead, apparently having hanged himself. He was 23.
1989: Actress-comedian Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer in Los Angeles. She was 42.
1990: Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses and Erin Everly, Don Everly's daughter, filed for divorce. They were married 27 days.
1993: The final episode of "Cheers" was broadcast on NBC.
1998: The last episode of "Murphy Brown" aired on CBS.
1999: The movie "Star Wars: Episode One -- The Phantom Menace" opened nationwide.
2000: Britney Spears' album "Oops!...I Did It Again" sold 1.3 million copies its first week out, giving her the most first-week sales for a female artist.
2003: Ruben Studdard barely beat out Clay Aiken to win Fox's second "American Idol" competition.
2005: Tom Cruise leaped on a couch and pumped his fist to express his love for Katie Holmes during an appearance on "Oprah."
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