Today in History for 18th June 1959

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Historical Events

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- 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
- Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.

Famous Deaths

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- Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79

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