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Events on Sunday 7 September 1969 1
1896 – 1969Everett Dirksen (1896-1969)Died 7 September 1969, aged 73Everett Dirksen was a long-serving Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois who served as Senate Minority Leader and helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He died of lung cancer on 7 September 1969.