Entertainment highlights in history

By The Associated Press | December 20, 2006

Entertainment highlights during the week of Dec. 24-30:

1955: Thirteen-year-old Barbra Streisand made her first recording, "You'll Never Know."

1957: Elvis Presley got a temporary draft deferment so he could finish the movie "King Creole."

1961: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens became the first African song to reach No. 1 on the American pop charts.

1974: Comedian Jack Benny died. He was 80.

1975: Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane divorced.

1976: The Eagles' album "Hotel California" went platinum.

1983: Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson drowned while swimming in the harbor at Marina Del Rey, Calif. He was 39.

1984: Actor Peter Lawford died. He was 61.

1989: Jane Pauley marked her last day as co-host of the "Today" show after 13 years. Her successor was Deborah Norville.

1990: Actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman got married in Colorado. They had met while filming "Days of Thunder." They've since divorced.

1999: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld married public relations executive Jessica Sklar in New York.

2002: Singer Diana Ross was arrested for drunk driving in Tucson, Ariz.