On this day: December 12
POSTED: 10:32 PM PST Dec 11, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 11, 2012
Ol' Blue Eyes is born, Boys Town is founded, the first motel opens, "The Godfather: Part II" premieres, and the U.S. Supreme Court decides the 2000 presidential election, all on this day.
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1970: The Doors make their last public performance with Jim Morrison, at The Warehouse in New Orleans. The second stop of a tour to promote their album "L.A. Woman," Morrison has a breakdown on stage, slamming his microphone into the stage floor until the platform underneath is destroyed. He then sits down and refuses to perform for the remainder of the show. After the concert, the rest of the band decide to end their live act, feeling that Morrison was ready to retire from performing. Morrison would die less than a year later on July 3, 1971.
