>>Today In History On this day: In 1858, Mendelssohns Wedding March was presented for the first time at the wedding of the daughter of Queen Victoria. In 1870, the ornamental soda fountain was patented. In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant Thomas A. Watson in San Francisco beginning the first transcontinental telephone service. In 1924, the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France. In 1927, comedian Jack Benny married Sadye Marks. She later changed her name to Mary Livingstone. In 1937, NBC Radio presented the first broadcast of The Guiding Light. The program later moved to television. In 1939, filming began on Gone With The Wind. In 1945, Richard Tucker debuted at New York Citys Metropolitan Opera House. In 1945, First Lieutenant Audie Murphy earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was given the heroism award for ordering his troops to retreat, then using a blazing tank destroyer to singlehandedly hold off German forces. He then ordered an artillery strike on his own position. In 1947, noted gangster Al Capone died at the age of 48. In 1949, the first Emmy Awards were presented. The ceremony took place at the Hollywood Athletic Club. In 1956, RCA released Elvis Presleys first record, Heartbreak Hotel. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy presented the first, live presidential press conference. In 1961, Disneys 101 Dalmatians opened in theaters across the U.S.. In 1964, The Beatles earned their first number one hit with I Want to Hold Your Hand. In 1971, Charles Manson and three of his followers were sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder. In 1985, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie signed a seven-million dollar, five-year contract with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League. The contract made him the leagues highest paid football player and the highest paid rookie in sports history. In 1990, actress Ava Gardner died at the age of 67. In 1993, The Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, closed its doors. In 1994, an out-of-court settlement was reached between Michael Jackson and the family of a 13-year-old boy he was accused of molesting. In 1998, the Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 31-to-24 in Super Bowl 32. In 2000, Martina Navratilova was inducted into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame. In 2003, running back Marcus Allen, defensive end Elvin Bethea, guard Joe DeLamielleure (duh-LAHM-uh-lur), wide receiver James Lofton and coach Hank Stram were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on this date. In 2003, singer Billy Joel spent the night at Stony Brook University Hospital after he ran his Mercedes into a tree in Sag Harbor, Long Island. In 2004, the blockbuster epic The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King and the HBO mini-series Angels In America were the big winners at the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Return Of The King earned four Golden Globes, while the AIDS-themed mini-series took home five. Other winners included Bill Murray for Lost In Translation, Charlize Theron for Monster, Sean Penn for Mystic River, and Diane Keaton for Somethings Gotta Give. In 2006, the group Hamas won control of the Palestinian Authority Government by capturing a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections. The United States Department of State had classified Hamas as a terrorist organization. In 2008, fire engulfed parts of the three-thousand room Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The building sustained damages to its upper floors, facade and roof. The blaze was contained and extinguished within a few hours. The Monte Carlo opened in 1996 at a cost of over 300-million-dollars. In 2011, a series of street demonstrations began in Egypt in what would become known as the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Marches, rallies and acts of civil disobedience took place in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities throughout the country.
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