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Elvis Presley was appointed an honorary special deputy sheriff in Bel Air, California. This added another badge to his collection of police and law-enforcement insignia.
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- Elvis Presley reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart with “The Wonder of You,” beginning a six-week run at the top.
- Elvis Presley opened the first night of his four-week engagement at the Showroom of the International Hotel in Las Vegas. He performed an evening show and, on most of the following nights, performed two shows, with the program continuing in a dinner-and-midnight-show format.
- Elvis Presley attended Nancy Sinatra's opening performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
- Elvis Presley performed an evening show and a midnight show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.
- Elvis Presley performed the Dinner Show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 13, 1970. The set included “Don't Cry Daddy”, “In the Ghetto”, “Stranger in the Crowd”, “Sweet Caroline” and “The Wonder of You”.
- He performed a Dinner Show at 8:30 p.m. and a Midnight Show at midnight at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Both performances were attended by 2,200 people. The Midnight Show included, among others, “That’s All Right”, “Mystery Train/Tiger Man”, “Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “The Wonder Of You”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Suspicious Minds”.
- Elvis Presley performed an evening Dinner Show and a Midnight Show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas as part of his That's the Way It Is engagement.
- Elvis Presley released “The Wonder of You” as a single on RCA Victor, backed by “Mama Liked the Roses.”
- Elvis Presley performed an evening Dinner Show and a Midnight Show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 17, 1970.