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LOOKING BACK AT THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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     Stone in Vietnam (Sept. 16, 1967 – late November, 1968)

Oliver Stone was part of the battle at Firebase Burt on the
evening of January 1, 1968.  He was wounded twice and
awarded the Bronz Star for combat gallantry. He was also
awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.

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Oliver Stone is 66 today

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SINGER HAS PASSED AWAY AT 73

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               Scott McKenzie (Philip Wallach Blondheim

                      (January 10, 1939 – August 18, 2012)

Scott McKenzie had been extremely ill recently and passed away at his
home in Los Angles following a two week hospital stay. He is best known
for the 1967 generational anthem, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear
Flowers in Your Hair)
".


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RIOTS BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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       Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

                                   (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994)                   

  

 

                         
                             

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IT’S BIRTHDAY 65 FOR ARLO GUTHRIE

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Folk singer Arlo Davy Guthrie was born in New York and is the son of
folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie. is known for singing songs
of protest
against social injustice.

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Woody Guthrie

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