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ROSS SIMPSON

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On this day in 1967, Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire that
ended the Six-Day War.

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The Army of Yugoslavia began withdrawal from Kosovo on this
day in 1999. NATO had suspended air strikes in Yugoslavia after
Slobodan Milosevic agreed to the withdrawal.  

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Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by Dr. Robert Smith (left) and
William G. Wilson on this day in 1935.

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Little girl Garland

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Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Judy Garland began performing vaudeville
at the age of two and a half.

She received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award posthumously
in 1997.

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It was on this day in 2004.

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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)

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PAST WORLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

today in history

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

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In Britain on this day in 1967, the album "Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released by the Beatles. It was released
June 2 in the
U.S.

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Monroe as an infant, wearing a white dress and sitting on a sheepskin rug

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

Icon and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe starred in the classic 1959 comedy
Some Like It Hot and became the most famous woman in the world during
the 1950s.

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Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III will turn 78 in November.

The Cable News Network (CNN) is a basic cable and satellite television news
channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. It
was founded by Ted Turner and went on the air on this day in 1980.

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August, 1986

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Brigham Young  (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877)

Brigham Young was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler
of the Western United States. He was the second President of The Church
of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
(LDS Church) from 1847 until his death
in 1877. He founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first governor of
the
Utah Territory.

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                  Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005)

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THE FIRST DAYTONA 500, A PHOTO FINISH

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Lee Petty #42 and Johnny Beauchamp #73 battle on the last lap
of the first Daytona 500.

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Lee Arnold Petty  (March 14, 1914 – April 5, 2000)

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Lee Petty’s 1959 Daytona 500 photo finish winning Oldsmobile.

The 1959 First Annual 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes at
Daytona (now known as the 1959 Inaugural Daytona 500) was the second
race of the 1959 NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR
Cup Series
) season. It was held on February 22, 1959, in front of 41,921
spectators. It was the first race held at the 2.5-mile (4.0 kilometer) Daytona
International Speedway
. The Daytona 500 is regarded as the most important
and prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar. It is also the series’ first race
of the year. With the help of photographs and newsreel footage, Lee Petty,
the father of Richard Petty, was officially declared the winner by NASCAR
founder Bill France, Sr. .

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FASCIST PARTY BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1919

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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(jULY 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945)

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