Lari White, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Lari Michele White Cannon (, LAH-ree; May 13, 1965 – January 23, 2018) was an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She gained national attention in 1988 as a winner on You Can Be a Star, a talent competition on the former The Nashville Network (TNN). After an unsuccessful stint on Capitol Records, she recorded four albums for RCA Records Nashville and one for the defunct Lyric Street Records between 1993 and 1999. Her most commercially successful album was 1994's Wishes, which charted three top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "That's My Baby", "Now I Know", and "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)".
She has also produced albums for Toby Keith and Billy Dean, and has written singles for Danny Gokey and Sarah Buxton. In addition to her singing and songwriting career, she has acted in movies and her own cabaret production, My First Affair. White was also married to songwriter Chuck Cannon until her death from peritoneal cancer in 2018.
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Vietnam War
Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War. - 15Mar
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. - 6Aug
Voting Rights Act of 1965
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. - 27Nov
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. - 28Nov
Ferdinand Marcos
Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.