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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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Upon it’s release, "Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Stones
their first number one in the US. In 2004, Rolling Stone
magazine placed the song in the second spot on its list of
"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It was added to the
National Recording Registry
of the Library of Congress in
2006.

 

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ROSE FESTIVAL FLEET WEEK IN 1935


Ships arriving on the Willamette River for the Rose Festival event in
downtown Portland, Oregon.
 

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST WORLD NEWS

today in history

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

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The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of
Normandy, France on this day in 1944. Approximately 400,000
Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.

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Israeli armored vehicles in Beirut during the 1982 invasion on this
day in 1982.

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It was on this day in 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened
in Camden, NJ.

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ACTOR HAS DIED AT 84

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Roger LaVerne Smith (December 18, 1932 – June 4, 2017)

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Actor Roger Smith, who brought glamour to the
TV detective genre as a hip private eye on the ABC series "77 Sunset
Strip," has died.

Jack Gilardi, who is the agent of Smith’s widow, actress Ann-Margret,
said the actor died Sunday morning at a Los Angeles hospital after
battling a terminal illness. Smith had battled the nerve disease
myasthenia gravis for many years.

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“77 Sunset Strip”, ABC-TV: 1958 – 1964.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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The song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” sold well. It was successful on three
singles charts: it peaked at #7 on the Billboard pop music chart,
#8 on the R&B chart, and also made the top ten on the C&W
Best Seller chart
peaking at #5.

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Gene Vincent (second from left) and the Blue Caps.

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Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
(February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971)

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