Alfred Hitchcock Died

April 29th, Hitler married then killed himself the next day, David Bowie was a vampire, The Mummy Returned and more

1945 - ADOLF HITLER married  EVA BRAUN in his bunker then committed suicide the next day.

1961 - ABC's "Wide World Of Sports" showed the "thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" for the very first time.

1980 - Legendary director ALFRED HITCHCOCK died at the age of 80.

1983 - "The Hunger" was released starring DAVID BOWIE as a vampire who sees a doctor after he suddenly starts aging rapidly.

1985 - BILLY MARTIN was hired for the FOURTH TIME to manage the NEW YORK YANKEES.  He was fired, then re-hired AGAIN in 1988 and fired again.

1989 - JON BON JOVI married his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, at the GRACELAND WEDDING CHAPEL in Las Vegas.  (--They're still together today.)

1992 - EMILIO ESTEVEZ married PAULA ABDUL in a Santa Monica courthouse.  Somehow, this marriage only lasted two years.

1992 - Four white Los Angeles Police officers were acquitted in the videotaped beating of RODNEY KING, setting off days of rioting that left 54 people dead and caused an estimated $1 BILLION in damages.

1995 - TUPAC SHAKUR married Keisha Morris inside a New York state prison where he was serving a 4-and-a-half year sentence for sexual abuse.  Their marriage was annulled in 1996 .

1999 - TOMMY LEE announced that he had quit MOTLEY CRUE to devote time to his new band, METHODS OF MAYHEM, and to his family.

2001 - "The Mummy Returns" premiered  starring BRENDAN FRASER, RACHEL WEISZ, and THE ROCK as the Scorpion King!

2005 - CHRIS KLEIN pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.  He got five years of probation and 150 hours of community service  which his lawyer said he planned to fulfill at the Red Cross.

In addition, Klein's license was suspended for 90 days and he was hit with a $1,800 fine.  Klein was busted on February 5th just outside San Diego.  He had a blood-alcohol level of .20%  more than TWICE the legal limit of .08%

-That happened just a few weeks before the announcement that he and KATIE HOLMES were OVER after five years together.

2008 - Three residents of the Greek island of LESBOS filed a lawsuit to ban the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (--a gay-rights group in Greece) from using the term "LESBIAN" in its name.  A judge in Athens later rejected the case and slapped them with a fine of 230 euros ($366) for wasting the court's valuable time.