Entertainment highlights in history

Entertainment highlights during the week of June 17-23:

1948: The TV variety show "Toast of the Town" premiered. It later changed its name to "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1952: The celebrity-panel game show "I've Got A Secret" made its debut on CBS.

1955: Johnny Cash released his first single, "Hey Porter."

1968: The Ohio Express got their first gold single with "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy."

1969: Actress Judy Garland died of a drug overdose. She was 47.

1977: Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten was slashed on his face and hands by young people armed with knives. They apparently objected to the band's song "God Save The Queen."

1980: "The Blues Brothers" movie opened. Music stars making cameo appearances included James Brown, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin.

1981: Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing John Lennon outside Lennon's New York apartment building.

1992: "Batman Returns" opened.

1997: Singer Lawrence Payton of the Four Tops died of liver cancer in Detroit. He was 59.

2001: Bluesman John Lee Hooker died of natural causes at his home outside San Francisco. He was 83. That same day, actor Carroll O'Connor died of a heart attack at a hospital near Los Angeles. He was 76.

2003: Actor Adam Sandler married longtime girlfriend Jackie Titone.

2005: Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller died of throat cancer in Minneapolis. He was 41.