On this day: December 11

POSTED: 08:24 PM PST Dec 10, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 10, 2012 

The world's first motor show opens in Paris, Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, Muhammad Ali fights his last fight, and Bernie Madoff is arrested, all on this day.

OTD December 11 - Rita Moreno
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1931: Actress Rita Moreno, one of the few performers to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, is born Rosita Dolores Alverío in Humacao, Puerto Rico. She is best known for her Oscar-winning role in the musical "West Side Story" and for her TV role on "The Electric Company."

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