1926: Jazz trumpeter and innovator Miles Davis is born in Alton, Ill.

1945: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are married in a three-minute ceremony.

1963: Stevie Wonder records "Fingertips, Part Two" live in Chicago. It became his first No. 1 hit, at age 13.

1967: Jimi Hendrix signs his first U.S. recording contract, with Reprise Records.

1978: The debut album of Van Halen goes gold in the U.S.

1992: Johnny Carson hosts his last Tonight show. There are no guests. Carson shows favorite clips from past shows.

1995: Connie Chung is fired as co-anchor of the CBS Evening News.

2006: Taylor Hicks beats out Katharine McPhee to win the fifth season of American Idol.

"I did say to myself, no matter what the others had done, what do you think? And I thought, at this age and stage of my career, what the hell." Dan Rather, on his acting debut in ABC's Dirty Sexy Money

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