This Day In History

June 23rd

1868  Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for the typewriter.
1926  Philadelphia sas the home of the first lipreading tournament in America
1972  President Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H.R.Haldeman agreed on a plan to use the CIA to abstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. The later revelation of the secret tape of this meeting resulted in Nixon's resignation in 1974.

1894  Duke of Windsor, England's Edward Patrick David
1910  Playwright Jean Marie Anouilh
1927  Broadway Director Bob Fosse
1946  Actor Ted Shackelford
1948  US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1961

• Moody River - Pat Boone

• Stand By Me - Ben E. King

• Those Oldies but Goodies - Little Caesar & The Romans

• The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton

1962

• I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles

• Lovers Who Wander - Dion

• The Stripper - David Rose

• It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson

1969

• Get Back - The Beatles

• Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

• Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction

• Running Bear - Sonny James

1970

• The Long & Winding Road - The Beatles

• The Love You Save - The Jackson 5

• Ball of Confusion - The Temptations

• Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty

1977

• Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

• Lucille - Kenny Rogers

• Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky") - Bill Conti

• Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings

1978

• Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb

• Take a Chance on Me - Abba

• You Belong to Me - Carly Simon

• Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris

1985

• Heaven - Bryan Adams

• Sussudio - Phil Collins

• Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

• Little Things - The Oak Ridge Boys

1986

• On My Own - Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald

• There'll be Sad Songs To Make You Cry - Billy Ocean

• Crush on You - The Jets

• Mama's Never Seen those Eyes - The Forester Sisters

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