2020
LA Lakers basketball legend Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash in foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas, southern California; considered one of the greatest players in the game’s history.
1998
U.S. President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with a former White House intern, saying “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”
1988
“Phantom of the Opera” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ performances.
1985
1979
“The Dukes of Hazzard” premieres on US TV network CBS.
1970
“Bridge over Troubled Water” 5th and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Engineered Non-Classical Album 1971).
1961
“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Elvis Presley hits #1
1956
VII Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
1939
Filming begins on film “Gone With the Wind”.