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NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Otis Ray Redding, Jr.
(September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)

"(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay" became the first posthumous
number-one
record in 1968 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and
R&B charts.

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KIM BASINGER IS 59 TODAY!

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Kim Basinger won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen
Actors Guild Award for
Best Supporting Actress
for her work in L.A. 
Confidential (1997).

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Kim with her Oscar in 1998

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WINNING FOOTBALL COACH IS 49 TODAY

Oregon Football Media Day. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard)

Charles "Chip" Kelly is the head football coach at the University of Oregon. Kelly
was named the 2009 and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson
Coach of
the Year
, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting News
Coach of the Year
, and 2010 Associated Press Coach of the Year. Prior to being
named head coach, Kelly was the offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks
who beat the OSU Beavers 48-24 in the Civil War game held in Corvallis, Or.
Saturday.

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GOLDIE HAWN IS 67 TODAY

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Goldie Jeanne Hawn is a actress, film director, producer, and occasional singer, 
best known for her roles in Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In on ABC-TV (1968-1972),  
Private Benjamin (1980),Overboard (1987), and Cactus Flower, for which she 
won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.


Goldie Hawn appearing on the The Dean Martin Show in 1968

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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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Martin Scorsese is 70 years old today

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