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1951: The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
1969: Actress Judy Garland died of a drug overdose. She was 47.
1977: Elvis Presley performed his last concert, in Indianapolis.
1984: Prince released his "Purple Rain" album.
1987: Dancer Fred Astaire died at the age of 88.
1990: Joan Rivers won her first Daytime Emmy Award as a talk show host.
1992: Billy Joel received his high school diploma. Twenty-five years earlier, he had overslept and missed his English and gym finals.
1993: Actress Julia Roberts married singer Lyle Lovett. They divorced in 1995.
1995: Actor Hugh Grant was arrested for engaging in "lewd conduct" with a prostitute in a rented BMW in Los Angeles.
1997: Actor Jim Carrey and actress Lauren Holly split up. They had been married for 10 months.
2003: Actor Adam Sandler married longtime girlfriend Jackie Titone.
2006: Nicole Kidman married Keith Urban in Sydney, Australia.
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