March 24th-Heart broke round the world when Elvis became 53310761, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, and Paula hit and run

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1958 - At age 23, ELVIS PRESLEY was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tennessee, and given the serial number 53310761.

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1985 - BO DEREK was the big winner at the Razzies for bad acting  in her husband John Derek's movie, "Bolero".

1986 - LIONEL RICHIE won a Best Song Oscar for "Say You, Say Me" from the Gregory Hines-Mikhail Baryshnikov classic "White Nights"!

1989 - The EXXON VALDEZ rammed a reef off the coast of Alaska  leaking 11 MILLION GALLONS of oil into the sea.  It took three years and $2 BILLION to clean up.

1992 - A Chicago judge settled the MILLI VANILLI CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT by approving cash rebates of up to $3 to anyone proving they bought Milli Vanilli music before November 27th, 1990 the date the lip synching scandal broke.

1994 - JOEY BUTTAFUOCO was released 60 days before his six-month sentence was up for the statutory rape of AMY FISHER.

1997 - CUBA GOODING JR. won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Jerry Maguire".

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2002 - HALLE BERRY became the first African American to win a Best Actress Oscar, for "Monster's Ball"DENZEL WASHINGTON won Best Actor for his role in "Training Day".

2005 - PAULA ABDUL pled no contest to clipping a car on the San Fernando Valley freeway and driving off.  She was sentenced to two years of probation, and ordered to pay about $900 in fines and penalties.  She also had to give the other driver $775 for the damage she did to his ride.

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