The song “Maybe” by the Ink Spots went to the #2 position on
the U.S. Pop Music Charts.

The song “Maybe” by the Ink Spots went to the #2 position on
the U.S. Pop Music Charts.

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

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

Little girl Garland
1939
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.
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)
The novelty song "The Purple People Eater" was written and performed
by Sheb Wooley, which reached no. 1 on the Billboard pop charts in 1958
from June 9 to July 14.
According to Wooley, MGM Records initially rejected the song, saying
that it was not the type of music with which they wanted to be identified.

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley
(April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003)
Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the Rolling
Stones, It reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, and became
the band’s top selling album in the U.S. certified by the RIAA as having six
million copies sold as of 2000. It became the only Rolling Stones album to be
nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year category. Many reviewers
called it a classic return to form and their best album since 1972’s Exile on
Main St.

The Army-McCarthy hearings reached a dramatic high point on
this day in 1954 in an angry, emotion-packed exchange between
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Joseph N. Welch, who was
special counsel for the Army.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9.1870)

Comedian Richard Pryor suffered near-fatal burns at his home
when a mixture of "free-base" cocaine exploded on this day in
1980.
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
(December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005)
Secretariat became horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in
25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes on this day in 1973.
Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009)
Les Paul was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, which made
the sound of rock and roll possible. Paul taught himself how to play guitar and
while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he had an early career in
country music. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was
not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with overdubbing, also
known as sound on sound, delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects
and multitrack recording were among the first to attract widespread attention.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
