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RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1972
Helen Reddy has had fifteen singles placed in the Top 40 of the
Billboard Hot 100. Three of those songs reached #1, including
“I am Woman”, which became her signature hit.
MICHELE LEE IS 69 TODAY
Michele Lee is a singer, dancer, actress, producer/director and was a
frequent game show panelist of the the 1970s. She is best-known for
her role as Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the CBS prime-time
soap series, Knots Landing (1979-1993). Michele was nominated for
an Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy in 1982 for her role in the TV
series. She also co-starred with Dean jones in the 1968 Disney film,
The Love Bug.
JUNE CARTER CASH (JUNE 23, 1929-MAY 15, 2003)
Valerie June Carter Cash was a singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, and author who
was a member of the Carter Family singing group. She was the second wife of singer Johnny Cash (above). She acted in several films and TV shows. June played Mrs. "Momma" Dewey in Robert Duvall’s 1998 movie The Apostle.
LABOR LAW ENACTED ON THIS DATE IN 1947
The Labor–Management Relations Act was enacted June 23, 1947, informally
the Taft–Hartley Act is a United States federal law that monitors the activities
and power of labor unions. The act, still effective, was sponsored by Senator
Robert Taft and Representative Fred A. Hartley, Jr. and legislated by overriding
U.S. President Harry S. Truman’s veto on June 23, 1947; labor leaders called it
the “slave-labor bill”while President Truman argued that it was a “dangerous
intrusion on free speech,” and that it would “conflict with important principles of
our democratic society,” Truman would subsequently use it twelve times during
his presidency. The principal author of the Taft–Hartley Act was J. Mack Swigert
of a Cincinnati law firm.
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