AP-AM Prep-Entertainment History: SUN DEC 11

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! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY !

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On December eleventh, 1946, country singer Hank Williams made his first recordings.

In 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown, in Hernando, Tennessee.

In 1964, singer Sam Cooke was shot and killed at a Los Angeles motel.

In 1972, Genesis performed its first U.S. concert at a university in Massachusetts.

Also in 1972, police in Knoxville, Tennessee, arrested singer James Brown for disorderly conduct. The charge was dropped after Brown threatened to sue the city.

In 1992, former talk show host Johnny Carson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Today's birthdays: Actress Rita Moreno is 80. Singer David Gates of Bread is 71. Actress Donna Mills ("Knots Landing") is 69. Singer Brenda Lee is 67. Actress Linda Day George is 67. Actress Teri Garr is 64. Actress Bess Armstrong is 58. Singer Jermaine Jackson is 57. Bassist Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue is 53. Singer-bassist Justin Currie of Del Amitri is 47. Bassist David Schools of Widespread Panic is 47. Actor Gary Dourdan (DOOR'-dan) ("C.S.I.") is 45. Actress-comedian Mo'Nique ("The Parkers") is 44. Rapper-actor Mos Def is 38. Actor Rider Strong ("Boy Meets World") is 32. Actress Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit") is 15.

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