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! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY !

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On Nov. 25, 1952, the Agatha Christie play "Mousetrap" opened in London. It became the longest-running play ever.

In 1961, Don and Phil Everly were sworn in to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in Nashville and later reported to Camp Pendleton in San Diego.

In 1968, The Beatles' "White Album" was released.

In 1976, The Band gave its final performance in San Francisco. The concert was documented in the movie "The Last Waltz."

In 1969, John Lennon returned his MBE medal to the Queen to protest Britain's support for U.S. involvement to Vietnam, among other things. The other three Beatles kept their medals, which they received in 1965.

In 1984, the Ethiopian famine relief song "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid was recorded in London. The session was organized by singer Bob Geldof.

In 1985, Bobby Brown announced he was leaving the group New Edition for a solo career.

In 1992, Whitney Houston's first movie, "The Bodyguard," opened nationwide. The movie's theme song "I Will Always Love You" was already a No. 1 song when the film opened.

Also in 1992, the movie "Aladdin" opened nationwide.

In 1998, comedian Flip Wilson died of liver cancer at his home in Malibu, California. He was 64.

Also in 1998, actor Michael J. Fox revealed he had Parkinson's disease.

In 2002, actor Nicolas Cage filed for divorce from Lisa Marie Presley. They had been married for four months.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Noel Neill is 89. Playwright Murray Schisgal is 83. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 76. Singer Percy Sledge is 69. Singer Bob Lind is 65. Actor-game show host Ben Stein is 65. Actor John Larroquette is 62. Actor Tracey Walter is 62. Movie director Jonathan Kaplan is 62. Singer Amy Grant is 49. Singer Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees) is 45. Singer Tim Armstrong of Rancid is 44. Singer Stacy Lattisaw is 43. Guitarist Rodney Sheppard of Sugar Ray is 43. Rapper-producer Erick Sermon is 41. Actress Jill Hennessy ("Crossing Jordan") is 40. Actress Christina Applegate is 38. Actor Eddie Steeples ("My Name Is Earl") is 36. Actress Katie Cassidy (new "Melrose Place") is 23.

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