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MAY 7, 1959
Record baseball crowd—93,103—packs Los Angeles Coliseum for exhibition game honoring Roy Campanella, a former Dodger paralyzed in a 1958 car crash.
1966: The Mamas and the Papas hit number one with their song “Monday, Monday.”
1984: Lawyers for 2.4 million Vietnam War veterans announce a $180 million settlement with the makers of Agent Orange.
Campanella was 36 when his baseball career ended.
Photo by AP Photo
Thousands turned out to salute the man who penned the most iconic anthems of the last 60 years.
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