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April 19, 1988: Sonny Bono Becomes Mayor of Palm Springs
Dove, Hulton Archive
Sonny Bono, the half of Sonny and Cher that didn't wear assless chaps, was voted in as mayor of Palm Springs, California. He intially ran because was frustrated about the amount of local government bureaucracy he had to go through to open a restaurant.
