Today in History highlights landmark events across years
June 7 marks Richard Henry Lee proposing independence in 1776. Daniel Saone began Bluegrass exploration in 1769. Vatican City emerged in 1929 via the Lateran Treaty exchanges. Dorothy Parker died in New York in 1967. In 1981 Israeli planes destroyed Iraq's nuclear plant.
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Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Continental Congress
Daniel Saone
Bluegrass
Vatican City
Exis
Rome
Dorothy Parker
New York
Iraq
Dog Bites Man mocks fake news in Comedy Central lineup
Comedy Central launches Dog Bites Man at 9 30 p m a loosely scripted mock news show set in Spokane starring Matt Walsh as Kevin Beekin emphasizing satire of media. The night also features American Masters Gershwin Remembered and a slate of reality and drama programs across networks.
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Comedy Central
Talking Heads
Ted Baxter
Will Ferrell
Rod Burgundy
America
Spokane
KHBX
Matt Walsh
Kevin Beekin
Walsh
Upright Citizens Brigade
Starsky & Hutch
PBS
George Gershwin
Gershwin
Swanee
Paris
Keyboard maestro Billy Preston dies at 59 in Arizona
Billy Preston, renowned keyboardist who worked with the Beatles and Rolling Stones and scorched with hits like Outta Space and Nothing From Nothing, died at 59 after a long illness. Family manager Joyce Moore said he had been in a coma since November and died after a hospitalization in Scottsdale. Preston, a versatile genius with a career spanning reggae to gospel influences, earned a best instrumental Grammy and contributed to vast sessions for Harrison, Starr, Lennon, Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Sly and the Family Stone.
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Phoenix
Billy Preston
Preston
Joyce Moore
Scottsdale
Moore
Germany
Stones
Joe Cocker
Harrison
Bangladesh
George
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
Rolling Stones
Main Street
The
Bob Dylan
Sly and Family Stone
George Harrison and Friends
Burbank
Calif
Idol runner up Katharine McPhee signs record deal
Katharine McPhee the American Idol runner up signed a record deal with Clive Davis and 19 Recordings Unlimited. Her two songs Over the Rainbow and My Destiny will hit stores and digital outlets on June 27.
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New York
Katharine McPhee
McPhee
Clive Davis
19 Recordings Unlimited
Simon Fuller
California
Birthdays for Liam Neeson and others reported
Actor Liam Neeson turns 54 while singer Tom Jones is 66 and talk show host Jenny Jones reaches 60. Prince is 48 and rock musician David Navarro is 39. Tennis star Anna Kournikova is 25.
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Liam Neeson
Tom Jones
Jenny Jones
Prince
David Navarro
Anna Kournikova
Newspaper staff contacts and subscription hours list
Dennis Anderson and colleagues are listed as editors with phone and email contacts. News Partners include 6News and World Online with respective contacts. Subscriptions lines show phone numbers and delivery hours, plus redelivery guarantee for in town papers.
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Cody Howard
Howard
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World Online
Dave Toplikar
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Kevin McDonough
NBC
Cat Deeley
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Elle
CBS
Michael
Sawyer
Jin
Lost
ABC
Law & Order
Beach
Los Angeles
the Hills
MTV
South Park
Toyota
Miles Davis
Pepper
Beatles
George Harrison
Mem
Bers
Paul McCartney
Kevork Djansezian
Ijworld.com
Jworld.com
Pee-wee
Cartoon Network
Paul Reubens
Reubens
Groundlings
Tim Burton
Florida
Detroit
Eminem
Eight Mile Style
Martin Affiliated
U.S
Cellus US
U.S. District Court
Gerald E. Rosen
Detroit News
Cellus
Mary Margaret O'Donnell
Howard Hertz
Marshall Mathers
Neeson
Journal-World
N.H
Lawrence
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Bill Snead
Lsnead
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Teegan
Mindle Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jworld
Mark Fagan
Nifagan
Chris Bell
al Bonner
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1500 Rd
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