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Ronson & Mars credit The Gap Band on their hit 'Uptown Funk'

'Uptown Funk' is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson, featuring American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. 'Uptown Funk' was the subject of several lawsuits over copyright infringement. In 2015, similarities with 'Oops Up Side Your Head' (1979) by The Gap Band led them, along with keyboardist Rudolph Taylor, and producer Lonnie Simmons to be added as co-writers of 'Uptown Funk' receiving 17% of the publishing royalties.

'Gladiator' premieres in LA

Gladiator is an epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. Crowe portrays Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne.

'SpongeBob SquarePants' debuts on Nickelodeon

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by Stephen Hillenburg. Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season.

Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu

While in Friedberg, Presley met 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu. They would eventually marry after a seven-and-a-half-year courtship. More than seven years after they first met, Presley proposed to Priscilla Beaulieu. They were married in a brief ceremony in their suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas.

Mr. Potato Head is introduced

Mr. Potato Head is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato which can be decorated with a variety of plastic parts that can attach to the main body. These parts usually include ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth. The toy was invented and developed by George Lerner and first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro.

'Citizen Kane' premieres in New York City

Orson Welles' mystery drama film Citizen Kane received nine nominations at the 1941 Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Writing. Although being well critically acclaimed, the film didn't generate enough revenue to make a profit, losing $160,000 during its initial run.

'Buffalo Bill' Cody puts on his first Wild West Show

Buffalo Bill's Wild West was founded in North Platte, Nebraska when Buffalo Bill Cody turned his real-life adventure into the first outdoor western show. The show's publicist Arizona John Burke employed innovating techniques at the time, such as celebrity endorsements, press kits, publicity stunts, op-ed articles, billboards, and product licensing.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1982

Jamie Dornan

born 1946

Joanna Lumley

born 1999

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