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PROLIFIC AUTHOR DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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         Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
        

Helen Keller was a popular author, political activist, and lecturer. She
was the first
deaf/ blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her
story has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the
play and film The Miracle Worker
. She was inducted into the Alabama
Women’s Hall of Fame in 1971.

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           Alabama State Quarter


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PAT BOONE TURNED 78 TODAY

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Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone was a successful pop singer during the
1950s and early 1960s. He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top
40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies. According
to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of the late
1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, but ahead of Ricky Nelson and the
Platters.

 



“Love letters in The Sand” was a big hit in June and July
1957,
spending 5 weeks at number one on the Billboard
Top 100
, 34 weeks in total on the chart.

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1959 issue

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NORMA JEANE BAKER, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1926

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           Marilyn Monroe
(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

Marilyn Monroe’s brief career as an actress spanned 16 years. She
made 29 films, 24 during the first 8 years and became the world’s
most popular and enduring sex symbol.
 
                      

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POPULAR ALBUM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (often shortened to Sgt. Pepper) is the
eighth studio album by  The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967 on the Parlophone
label and produced by George Martin. The album is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and has since been recognized as one of the most important
albums in the history of popular music, including songs such as "Lucy in the Sky
with Diamonds
" and "A Day in the Life". It was recorded over a 129-day period
beginning in December 1966.

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