BETTY ALLEN, OPERA SINGER AND EDUCATOR
Chester Higgins Jr.
Betty Allen performed with the Salem United Methodist Singers in the early 1970s.
By MARGALIT FOX
Published: June 25, 2009
Betty Allen, an American mezzo-soprano who transcended a Dickensian girlhood to become an internationally known opera singer and later a prominent voice teacher and arts administrator, died on Monday in Valhalla, [...]
I still am reeling from the news reports. I still cannot believe it.
Michael Jackson. The Phenomenon. The King of Pop.
Dead at the age of 50.
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MICHAEL JACKSON, DEAD AT 50
Jackson Was Not Breathing When Authorities Arrived, LA Times Says
POSTED: 4:56 pm EDT June 25, 2009
UPDATED: 6:29 pm EDT June 25, 2009
Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced [...]
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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action [...]
Public Service Day
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World Refugee Day20 June
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FRANK J. LOW, WHO HELPED DRIVE FIELD OF INFARED ASTRONOMY
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Published: June 20, 2009
Frank J. Low, who helped astronomers extend their vision beyond visible light into a vast realm of previously invisible colors, revolutionizing the study of the birth of planets, stars and galaxies, died on June 11 in Tucson. He was 75.
Associated Press, [...]
SENATE APOLOGIZES FOR SLAVERY, BUT DISCLAIMER DRAWS CRITICISM
By WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Thursday, June 18, 2009
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a resolution Thursday calling on the U.S. to apologize officially for the enslavement and segregation of millions of African-Americans and to acknowledge “the fundamental injustice, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws.”
The resolution, sponsored with [...]
#1 R&B Song 1970: “Love On a Two-way Street,” the Moments
Born: Levi Stubbs (the Four Tops), 1936; Gary “U.S.” Bonds (Gary Anderson), 1939
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1956 The Platters’ beautiful standard, “My Prayer” (#1 pop and R&B), was released.
1960 Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World” charted en route to #2 R&B (#12 pop.) It was his last [...]
#1 R&B Song 1971: “Want Ads,” the Honey Cone
Born: Floyd Butler (Friends of Distinction), 1941; Ronnie Dyson, 1950; Brian McKnight, 1969
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1954 The Drifters’ “Honey Love” (#40 pop, #1 R&B; $50.00), the Midnighters’ “Sexy Ways” (#2 R&B; $80.00), and the Moonglows’ blues classic, “I Was Wrong” ($800) were released.
1964 The Chiffons began a tour starting in [...]
