1952: The celebrity-panel game show "I've Got A Secret" made its debut on CBS.
1955: Johnny Cash released his first single, "Hey, Porter."
1960: The movie "Psycho" opened in Hollywood.
1977: Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten was slashed on his face and hands by young people armed with knives. They apparently objected to the band's song "God Save The Queen."
1978: The movie version of "Grease" opened in North American theaters. The movie starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
1982: Guitarist James Honeyman-Scott of The Pretenders died of a drug overdose.
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1992: "Batman Returns" opened. It pulled in a record-breaking $16.8 million dollars its first day.
1996: Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 78.
1997: Singer Lawrence Payton of the Four Tops died of liver cancer in Detroit. He was 59.
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2000: Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson married Kristin Willits in Lexington, Ky.
2001: Carroll O'Connor died of a heart attack at a hospital near Los Angeles. He was 76.
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