Pierre Trudeau was elected Prime Minister of Canada.
5,000 Federal troops were dispatched to Chicago as riots overwhelmed local police in the days following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The infamous Queen Mary was put in dry dock in Long Beach, California to be refitted as a floating hotel.
The late Otis Redding had the #1 song in America with "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay."
And my sister was born in Detroit, Michigan!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, "MEL." Love, "Win."
