On June 16, 1967, the Monterey Pop Festival opened to the public, kicking off the Summer of Love and boosting countless artists' careers.

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1944: George Stinney, a 14-year-old African-American boy, is wrongfully executed for the murder of two white girls, becoming the youngest person ever executed in 20th-century America. On the same day, ...