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RECAPPING WORLD NEWS EVENTS
ENACTED ON THIS DAY IN 1968
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is commonly known as the Fair Housing
Act and was meant as a follow‑up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966
“Strangers in the Night” reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
chart and the Easy Listening and was the title song for Sinatra’s 1966
album “Strangers in the Night”, which became his most commercially
successful album.
The song won Sinatra the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, as well
as a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist
or Instrumentalist for Ernie Freeman at the Grammy Awards of 1967.
Note: Glen Campbell played rhythm guitar and Hal Blaine was the
drummer on the record.
OMAR SHARIF IS 83 YEARS OLD TODAY
Omar Sharif ( born Michel Demitri Chalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt )
Omar Sharif’s films include Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965)
and Funny Girl (1968). He has been nominated for an Academy Award and
has won three Golden Globe Awards.
BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921
Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992)
Chuck Connors was a actor, writer and professional basketball and baseball
player. He is one of only 12 athletes in the history of American professional
sports to have played both Major League Baseball and in the National
Basketball Association. With a 40-year film and television career, Connors
is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC
series The Rifleman (1958–63). He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
Los Angeles at the age of 71 of pneumonia stemming from lung cancer.
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