On This Day In History – August 17th

Sweet love, killer fast balls, dead Elvis, a Star Wars wedding and a lovely lady wedding.

14 years ago - In 2008, Ellen DeGeneres married Portia De Rossi.

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37 years ago - In 1985, Madonna and Sean Penn got married. They divorced
four years later.

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39 years ago - In 1983, Paul Simon married Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher).
The Force was not with them . . . they divorced in 1984.

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102 years ago - In 1920, New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays killed a guy with a fast ball that struck his left temple. His victim, Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, became the first and only guy to ever die from a major league pitch.

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45 years ago - In 1977, Elvis Presley died at the age of 42, in his Graceland Mansion. He had suffered a coronary arrhythmia.

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