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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Tim Maguire

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PAY ACT SIGNED FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY

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American Association of University Women members look on as President
John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act into law

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States federal law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. It was signed into
law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. In
passing the bill, Congress denounced sex discrimination.

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KEN OSMOND IS 70 TODAY

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Kenneth Charles "Ken" Osmond played Eddie Haskell in
the original “Leave it to Beaver” series on CBS/ABC from
1957 to 1963. Osmond later became a law enforcement
officer for the LAPD.

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Jeff Tweedy and Pete Seeger perform at the Clearwater annual  fundraiser, Spring Splash
Peter “Pete” Seeger turned 94 today

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LEGENDARY LAWMAN BURIED IN PORTLAND

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Rare photograph of Virgil Earp at age 19,
taken in 1862 in Monmouth, IL

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  Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905)

Virgil Earp was the older brother of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone
City
Marshal at the time of the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral
in 1881.

After suffering from pneumonia for six months, Virgil died in the
town of Goldfield, Nevada. His remains were sent to Portland,
Oregon at the request of his daughter Nellie Jane Bohn and
buried at the River View Cemetery (below), the state’s oldest
nonprofit cemetery, dating back to 1882.

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The Earp brothers from left: Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil

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