Archive for June 29th, 2023

RARE STAMP IS SELLING FOR BIG MONEY

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1947 JUDY GARLAND 1/1 PSA 9 MINT **RARE** (STARSTAMPS) *SCARCE* (HIGHEST GRADE)
$1,500.00 (US)

Judy Garland earns first Billboard top 10 since 1945 - ICYMI: The week in music news for Dec. 15 ...
Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Judy Garland was an award winning actress,
singer, dancer and vaudevillian. While critically
acclaimed for many different roles throughout
her career, she is widely known for playing the
part of
Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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LAST LIVING MLK SIBLING HAS DIED AT 95

Christine King Farris '44 - These Halls Can Talk®

Birth of a King: Life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.(part 1) - Nashville PRIDE, Inc.
Christine King Farris, sister of Martin Luther King Jr.

ATLANTA (AP) — Christine King Farris, the last living sibling
of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.

Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved
aunt” died Thursday.


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LARGEST MAN-MADE SATELLITE IN 1995

Today in History, June 29: U.S. Space Shuttle Docks With Russian Space Station

On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docked
with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-
made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

This historic moment of cooperation between former rival
space programs was also the 100th human space mission
in American history.

U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station – Bowie News
Autonomous Systems Lab

  

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