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 1956: Singer Nat "King" Cole was beaten up by a group of racial segregationists in Birmingham, Ala.
1959: "Gigi" won the best picture Academy Award.
1970: Paul McCartney announced what he called a temporary break from The Beatles.
1970: "Midnight Cowboy" was named best picture at the Academy Awards. John Wayne won the best actor award for "True Grit."
1976: Folk singer and songwriter Phil Ochs hanged himself at his sister's home in New York. He was 35.
1979: Singer Rod Stewart married Alana Hamilton, the ex-wife of actor George Hamilton. They separated in 1984.
1981: Guitarist Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli got married. They've since divorced.
1986: Actor Clint Eastwood won his bid to become mayor of Carmel, Calif.
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 1994: Singer Kurt Cobain of Nirvana was found dead in his Seattle home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 27.
1998: Country singer Tammy Wynette died of a blood clot at her home in Nashville. She was 55.
1998: Singer George Michael was arrested for committing a lewd act in a park restroom in Beverly Hills, Calif.
2003: Actor Russell Crowe married Danielle Spencer in Australia.
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