Today in History - June 10

By The Associated Press
Tue Jun 10, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Tuesday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2008. There are 204 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 10, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.

On this date:

In 1865, the Richard Wagner opera "Tristan und Isolde" premiered in Munich, Germany.

In 1907, 11 men in five cars set out from the French embassy in Beijing on a race to Paris. (Prince Scipione Borghese of Italy was the first to arrive in the French capital two months later.)

In 1940, Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy.

In 1942, the Gestapo massacred 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of a Nazi official.

In 1964, the Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern states.

In 1967, the Middle East War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.

In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others; he was recaptured June 13.

In 1978, Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and with it, horse racing's Triple Crown.

In 1982, the play "Torch Song Trilogy," by Harvey Fierstein, opened on Broadway.

In 1985, socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury in Providence, R.I., at his retrial on charges he'd tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow.

Ten years ago: A jury in Jacksonville, Fla., ordered Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. to pay nearly $1 million to the family of Roland Maddox, who had died after smoking Lucky Strikes for almost 50 years. (However, a Florida appeals court later overturned the verdict.)

Five years ago: Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a car carrying Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a senior Hamas leader, wounding him and killing two others. (Israel succeeded in killing Rantisi in April 2004.) ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal. A rocket holding the first of two Mars rovers, Spirit, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Spirit arrived on Mars in January 2004.) Former Treasury Secretary and White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan died in Williamsburg, Va., at age 84.

One year ago: President Bush was enthusiastically welcomed to Albania. The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost. At the French Open, Roger Federer lost to Rafael Nadal, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Suzann Pettersen shot a 5-under 67 for a one-shot victory over Karrie Webb at the LPGA Championship. "Spring Awakening" was named best musical at the Tony Awards; "The Coast of Utopia," best play. HBO aired the final episode of "The Sopranos."

Today's Birthdays: Britain's Prince Philip is 87. Columnist Nat Hentoff is 83. Actor-director Lionel Jeffries is 82. Author Maurice Sendak is 80. Attorney F. Lee Bailey is 75. Actress Alexandra Stewart is 69. Singer Shirley Alston Reeves (The Shirelles) is 67. Actor Jurgen Prochnow is 67. Media commentator Jeff Greenfield is 65. Country singer-songwriter Thom Schuyler is 56. Former Sen. John Edwards is 55. Actor Andrew Stevens is 53. Singer Barrington Henderson is 52. Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is 49. Rock musician Kim Deal is 47. Singer Maxi Priest is 47. Actress Gina Gershon is 46. Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn is 45. Rock musician Jimmy Chamberlin is 44. Actress Kate Flannery is 44. Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley is 43. Rock musician Joey Santiago is 43. Actor Doug McKeon is 42. Rock musician Emma Anderson is 41. Country musician Brian Hofeldt (The Derailers) is 41. Rapper The D.O.C. is 40. Rock singer Mike Doughty is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer JoJo is 37. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Faith Evans is 35. Actor Hugh Dancy is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lemisha Grinstead (702) is 30. Actor DJ Qualls is 30. Actor Shane West is 30. Singer Hoku is 27. Actress Leelee Sobieski is 26. Olympic gold medal figure skater Tara Lipinski is 26.

Thought for Today: "All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious." — Anatole France, French writer (1844-1924).

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Today in History - June 11

By The Associated Press

Wed Jun 11, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2008. There are 203 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:

On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain.

On this date:

In 1509, England's King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.

In 1770, Capt. James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it.

In 1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner.

In 1947, the government announced the end of household and institutional sugar rationing, to take effect the next day.

In 1963, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself afire on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.

In 1970, the United States presence in Libya came to an end as the last detachment left Wheelus Air Base.

In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.

In 1978, Joseph Freeman Jr. became the first black priest ordained in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

In 1985, Karen Ann Quinlan, the comatose patient whose case prompted a historic right-to-die court decision, died in Morris Plains, N.J., at age 31.

In 2001, Timothy McVeigh was executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.

Ten years ago: Mitsubishi Motors agreed to pay $34 million to settle allegations that women on the assembly line at its Illinois factory were groped and insulted and that managers did nothing to stop it.

Five years ago: A suicide bomber killed 17 people in a Jerusalem bus blast; two Israeli rocket strikes against Hamas fugitives killed 11 Palestinians in Gaza City. Houston's Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 45 years, winning 8-0. Pioneering broadcast journalist David Brinkley died in Houston at age 82.

One year ago: Republicans blocked a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to force him from office amid blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties. A divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Bush administration could not use new anti-terrorism laws to keep U.S. residents locked up indefinitely without charging them. Actress Mala Powers died in Burbank, Calif., at age 75.

Today's Birthdays: Opera singer Rise Stevens is 95. Actor-producer Richard Todd is 89. Actor Gene Wilder is 75. Actor Chad Everett is 71. Comedian Johnny Brown is 71. Former auto racer Jackie Stewart is 69. Singer Joey Dee is 68. Actress Adrienne Barbeau is 63. Rock musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is 59. Rock singer Donnie Van Zant is 56. Actor Peter Bergman is 55. Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana is 52. Actor Hugh Laurie ("House, M.D.") is 49. Singer Gioia Bruno (Expose) is 45. Country singer-songwriter Bruce Robison is 42. Actor Peter Dinklage is 39. Country musician Smilin' Jay McDowell is 39. Rock musician Dan Lavery (Tonic) is 39. Rock musician Tai Anderson (Third Day) is 32. Actor Joshua Jackson is 30. Christian rock musician Ryan Shrout (Kutless) is 28. Actor Shia LaBeouf is 22.

Thought for Today: "Forgetfulness is a form of freedom." — Khalil Gibran, American poet and artist (1883-1931).

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Today is Thursday, June 12, the 164th day of 2008. There are 202 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in

Jackson, Miss.; he was 37. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)

On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Miss.; he was 37. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)


On this date:

In 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.

In 1776, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.

In 1898, Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain.

In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, N.Y.

In 1963, one of Hollywood's most notoriously expensive productions, "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, opened in New York.

In 1967, the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.

In 1971, Tricia Nixon and Edward F. Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden.

In 1776, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.

In 1898, Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain.

In 1978, David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" .44-caliber killings that had terrified New Yorkers.

In 1981, major league baseball players began a 49-day strike over the issue of free-agent compensation. (The season did not resume until Aug. 10.)

In 1987, President Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."

Ten years ago: A jury in Hattiesburg, Miss., convicted 17-year-old Luke Woodham of killing two students and wounding seven others at Pearl High School. Space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth, bringing home the last American to live aboard Mir and closing out three years of U.S.-Russian cooperation aboard the aging space station.

Five years ago: U.S. fighter jets bombed a suspected terrorist camp and troops stormed through Sunni Muslim towns in Iraq, seeking Saddam Hussein loyalists in one of the biggest American military assaults since the war began. Israel killed seven Palestinians in its third rocket attack in 24 hours. Air France turned the oldest of its Concordes over to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck died in Los Angeles at age 87.

One year ago: President Bush went to Capitol Hill, where he prodded rebellious Senate Republicans to help resurrect legislation that could provide eventual citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. Afghan police mistook U.S. troops for Taliban fighters and opened fire, prompting U.S. forces to return fire, killing seven Afghan police officers. Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0. Don Herbert, television's "Mr. Wizard," died in Bell Canyon, Calif., at age 89.

Today's Birthdays: Banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 93. Former President George H.W. Bush is 84. Singer Vic Damone is 80. Songwriter Richard Sherman is 80. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 78. Jazz musician Chick Corea is 67. Sportscaster Marv Albert is 67. Singer Roy Harper is 67. Pop singer Len Barry is 66. Rock singer Reg Presley (The Troggs) is 65. Rock singer-musician John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) is 59. Rock musician Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) is 57. Country singer-musician Junior Brown is 56. Singer-songwriter Rocky Burnette is 55. Actor Timothy Busfield is 51. Singer Meredith Brooks is 50. Actress Jenilee Harrison is 50. Rock musician John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) is 49. Rapper Grandmaster Dee (Whodini) is 46. Actress Paula Marshall is 44. Actress Frances O'Connor is 41. Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 31. Actor Wil Horneff is 29. Singer Robyn is 29.

Thought for Today: "It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor." _ Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (1902-1983).




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Today is Friday, June 13, the 165 day of 2008. There are 201 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent before being questioned by police.

On this date:

In 1886, King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in Lake Starnberg.

In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

In 1935, James Braddock claimed the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Long Island City, N.Y.

In 1944, Germany began launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II.

In 1957, the Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620, arrived at Plymouth, Mass., after a nearly two-month journey from England.

In 1967, President Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam.

In 1981, a scare occurred during a parade in London when a teenager fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.

In 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.

In 1996, the 81-day-old Freemen standoff ended as 16 remaining members of the anti-government group surrendered to the FBI and left their Montana ranch.

Ten years ago: Civil rights leaders and politicians called for an end to racial violence as hundreds of mourners gathered in Jasper, Texas, for the funeral of James Byrd Jr., a black man who was brutally killed by white supremacists. President Clinton visited Thurston High School in Springfield, Ore., where two students were killed and 22 others wounded by a student gunman the previous month.

Five years ago: U.S. forces killed 27 Iraqi fighters after the Iraqis attacked an American tank patrol north of Baghdad. Israel broadened its campaign against Palestinian militants, saying it would strike political as well as military leaders who targeted Israel with terrorism. Hundreds of pro-cleric militants and security forces in Tehran clashed with Iranians throughout the capital.

One year ago: In Beirut, Lebanon, a powerful car bombing killed Walid Eido, a prominent anti-Syrian legislator. Insurgents blew up the two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, a year after the shrine's golden dome was destroyed in a bombing.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Bob McGrath is 76. Artist Christo is 73. Artist Jeanne-Claude is 73. Magician Siegfried (Siegfried & Roy) is 69. Singer Bobby Freeman is 68. Actor Malcolm McDowell is 65. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is 64. Singer Dennis Locorriere (Dr. Hook) is 59. Actor Richard Thomas is 57. Actor Jonathan Hogan is 57. Actor Stellan Skarsgard is 57. Comedian Tim Allen is 55. Actress Ally Sheedy is 46. TV anchor Hannah Storm is 46. Rock musician Paul deLisle (Smash Mouth) is 45. Singer David Gray is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Deniece Pearson (Five Star) is 40. Rock musician Soren Rasted (Aqua) is 39. Actor Jamie Walters is 39. Singer-musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 38. Country singer Susan Haynes is 36. Actor Steve-O ("Jackass") is 34. Actor Ethan Embry is 30. Actor Chris Evans is 27. Actress Sarah Schaub is 25. Singer Raz B is 23. Actress Kat Dennings is 22. Actress Ashley Olsen is 22. Actress Mary-Kate Olsen is 22.

Thought for Today: "Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness." — Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher (1872-1970).

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Today is Saturday, June 14, the 166th day of 2008. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

On this date:

In 1775, the Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created.

In 1801, former American Revolutionary War General and notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold died in London.

In 1846, a group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California.

In 1928, the Republican National Convention nominated Herbert Hoover for president on the first ballot.

In 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz; the same day, German troops entered Paris.

In 1943, the Supreme Court, in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, ruled that schoolchildren could not be compelled to salute the flag of the United States.

In 1954, the words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

In 1967, the space probe Mariner 5 was launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on a flight that took it past Venus.

In 1982, Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands.

In 1985, the 17-day hijack ordeal of TWA Flight 847 began as a pair of Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists seized the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece.

Ten years ago: The Chicago Bulls clinched their sixth NBA championship, defeating the Utah Jazz in Game 6 played in Salt Lake City, 87-86.

Five years ago: A wave estimated at about 20 feet tall capsized the charter fishing boat Taki-Tooo off the northern Oregon coast; nine people were killed, two others are missing and presumed dead; eight survived by swimming to shore. A car driven by Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien struck and killed pedestrian Jim Reed; O'Brien was later convicted of leaving the scene of an accident and sentenced to probation.

One year ago: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared an emergency after the Hamas militant group effectively took control of the Gaza Strip. Reputed Klansman James Ford Seale was convicted of kidnapping Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, two black teenagers who were deliberately drowned in Mississippi in 1964. Ruth Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, died in Montreat, N.C., at age 87. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim died in Vienna, Austria, at age 88. The San Antonio Spurs won their fourth NBA title in nine years as they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 83-82 in Game 4.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Gene Barry is 89. Actress Marla Gibbs is 77. Writer Peter Mayle is 69. Actor Jack Bannon is 68. Country-rock musician Spooner Oldham (Drive-By Truckers) is 65. Rock singer Rod Argent (The Zombies; Argent) is 63. Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump is 62. Singer Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 62. Rock musician Alan White
(Yes) is 59. Actor Eddie Mekka is 56. Actor Will Patton is 54. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Eric Heiden is 50. Singer Boy George is 47. Rock musician Chris DeGarmo is 45. Actress Yasmine Bleeth is 40. Tennis player Steffi Graf is 39. Actress Traylor Howard is 37. Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ("Juno") is 30. Actor Daryl Sabara is 16.

Thought for Today: "Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought." — Henri Bergson, French philosopher (1859-1941).
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Today is Sunday, June 15, the 167th day of 2008. There are 199 days left in the year. This is Father's Day.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 15, 1215, England's King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") at Runnymede. Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity. Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a storm to prove that lightning was, in fact, electricity. A key was attached to the kite and, when it was struck by a bolt from above, the Founding Father saw it light up, thus proving his theory.

On this date:

In 1215 King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta.

In 1246 With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ended in Austria.

In 1520, Pope Leo X threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther if he did not recant his religious beliefs.

In 1667 The first human blood transfusion was administered by Dr Jean-Baptiste Denys.

In 1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.

In 1808 Joseph Bonaparte became the King of Spain.

In 1836 Arkansas was admitted as the 25th US state. Arkansas became the 25th state.

In 1844, Charles Goodyear received a patent for his process to vulcanize rubber.

In 1849, James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.

In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York's East River.

In 1944, American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan during World War II. Meanwhile, B-29 Superfortresses made their first raids on Japan.

In 1955 The Eisenhower administration staged the first annual ''Operation Alert'' (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.

In 1978, King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.

In 1993, former Texas Gov. John Connally, who was wounded in the gunfire that killed President Kennedy, died at age 76.

In 1994 Israel and Vatican City established full diplomatic relations.

In 1996 In Manchester, UK, a terrorist bomb injured over 200 people and devastated a large part of the city center.

Ten years ago: NATO fighter jets staged a show of force meant to pressure Yugoslav forces to end their attacks on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo province. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state prison inmates are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Five years ago: With a deadline passed for Iraqis to hand in heavy weapons, U.S. forces fanned out across Iraq to seize arms and put down potential foes. The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA championship, defeating the New Jersey Nets 88-77 in Game 6. Golfer Jim Furyk won the U.S. Open. Actor Hume Cronyn died in Fairfield, Conn., at age 91.

One year ago: During his ethics trial, a tearful Mike Nifong announced he would resign as district attorney of Durham County, N.C., after admitting that he'd made improper statements about three Duke University lacrosse players who were once charged with raping a stripper. (The players were later declared innocent by state prosecutors.) Hamas both mocked and reached out to its defeated Fatah rivals on its first day in full control of Gaza. Retired "Price Is Right" host Bob Barker won his 19th Daytime Emmy. In Tulsa, Okla., a crane lifted out a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that had been buried in an underground concrete vault half a century earlier to celebrate 50 years of statehood.

Today's Birthdays: Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo is 76. Actor Aron Kincaid is 68. Rock musician Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) is 66. Rock singer-actor Johnny Hallyday is 65. Singer Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply) is 59. Rock singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) is 57. Comedian-actor Jim Belushi is 54. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 54. Actress Julie Hagerty is 53. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs is 50. Actress Eileen Davidson is 49. Bluegrass musician Terry Smith is 48. Actress Helen Hunt is 45. Rock musician Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche) is 45. Actress Courteney Cox is 44. Country musician Tony Ardoin is 44. Country musician Michael Britt (Lonestar) is 42. Contemporary Christian musician Rob Mitchell is 42. Rock musician Jimmy McD is 40. Actor-rapper Ice Cube is 39. Actress Leah Remini is 38. Actor Jake Busey is 37. Bluegrass singer-musician Jamie Johnson is 36. Rock musician T-Bone Willy (Save Ferris) is 36. Actor Neil Patrick Harris is 35. Rock singer Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm) is 32. Rock musician Billy Martin (Good Charlotte) is 27. Actor Denzel Whitaker is 18.

Thought for Today: "Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side — to take us around the unknown curve." — Lillian Smith, American author (1897-1966).
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Today is Monday, June 16, the 168th day of 2008. There are 198 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 16, 1858, as he accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

On June 16, 1858, Battle of Morar took place during the Indian Mutiny. The rebellion is also known as India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857 and the Sepoy Mutiny.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of British East India Company's army on the 10th of May 1857, in the town of Meerut and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions.

On this date:

In 1586, Mary Queen of Scots announced Philip II of Spain to be her official heir.

In 1883, baseball's first "Ladies' Day" took place as the New York Gothams offered women

free admission to a game against the Cleveland Spiders. (New York won, 5-2.)

In 1897, the government signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii.

In 1903, Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.

In 1932, President Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis were renominated at the Republican national convention in Chicago.

In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act became law. (It was later struck down by the Supreme Court.

In 1940, a Communist government was installed in Lithuania.

In 1955, Pope Pius XII excommunicated Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron for expelling two priests from his country. (However, the ban was effectively lifted in 1963 when the Catholic Church declared that Peron had merely been threatened with excommunication.

In 1958, the Supreme Court, in Kent v. Dulles, ruled that artist Rockwell Kent could not be denied a passport because of his communist affiliations.

In 1963, the world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6.

In 1976, riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto.

In 1978, President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties.

Ten years ago: Massachusetts' highest court cleared the way for Louise Woodward to return home to England, upholding a judge's ruling that freed the au pair convicted of killing a baby. The Detroit Red Wings took home the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive year after completing a sweep of the Washington Capitals with a 4-1 victory in Game 4.

Eight years ago: Israel complied with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdrew from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms. (With research inputs)

Five years ago: Twelve people sent to prison as the result of a Tulia, Texas, drug bust were released on bail by a judge who said they'd been railroaded by an undercover agent. (A total of 35 people were later pardoned by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.) A divided Supreme Court said the government can force medication on mentally ill criminal defendants only in the rarest of circumstances.

One year ago: A North Carolina State Bar disciplinary committee said disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong would be disbarred for his disastrous prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape. Six people were killed, 22 injured, when a car driven by Australian-born professional drag racer Troy Critchley plowed into a parade crowd in Selmer, Tenn. U.S. astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams set a record aboard the international space station for the longest single spaceflight by any woman, surpassing the record of 188 days set by astronaut Shannon Lucid at the Mir space station in 1996.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Bill Cobbs is 73. Author Erich Segal is 71. Author Joyce Carol Oates is 70. Country singer Billy "Crash" Craddock is 69. Songwriter Lamont Dozier is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Eddie Levert is 66. Actress Joan Van Ark is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer James Smith (The Stylistics) is 58. Boxer Roberto Duran is 57. Pop singer Gino Vannelli is 56. Actress Laurie Metcalf is 53. Model-actress Jenny Shimizu is 41. Actor James Patrick Stuart is 40. Actor Eddie Cibrian is 35. Actress China Shavers is 31. Actress Missy Peregrym is 26. Actress Olivia Hack is 25. Singer Diana DeGarmo ("American Idol") is 21.

Thought for Today: "We fear something before we hate it. A child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise." — Cyril Connolly, British critic (1903-1974).

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Today is Tuesday, June 17, the 169th day of 2008. There are 197 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On June 17, 1775, the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston. The battle, which actually occurred on Breed's Hill, was a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses while dislodging the rebels.
In 1631 Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, her husband spent more than 20 years to build a tomb in her memory, the Taj Mahal, India.

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In 1773 C cuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cu llar.

In 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on Breed's Hill, as part of the Siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1856, the Republican Party, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated John Charles Fremont to be its presidential candidate. Fremont ended up losing to James Buchanan.

In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere.

In 1928, Amelia Earhart embarked on a trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Wales with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, becoming the first woman to make the trip as a passenger.

In 1944, the Republic of Iceland was established.

In 1948, a United Air Lines DC-6 crashed near Mount Carmel, Pa., killing all 43 people on board.

In 1957, mob underboss Frank Scalice was shot to death at a produce market in New York.

In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.

In 1963, the Supreme Court, in Abington School District v. Schempp, struck down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or reading of Biblical verses in public schools.

In 1971, the United States and Japan signed a treaty under which Okinawa would revert to Japanese control following America's postwar occupation.

In 1972, President Nixon's eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington's Watergate complex.

Ten years ago: Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto welcomed a rare U.S. intervention in currency markets to support the sinking yen. The Senate snuffed out Congress' first bill to curb teen smoking, with Democrats accusing Republicans of being owned by Big Tobacco, and Republicans charging the measure was laden with too many amendments.

Five years ago: A federal appeals court ruled the government properly withheld names and other details about hundreds of foreigners who were detained in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. The Justice Department issued a directive banning routine racial and ethnic profiling at all 70 federal agencies with law enforcement powers. English soccer star David Beckham was sold to Real Madrid by Manchester United for a $41 million transfer fee.


One year ago: Thirty-five people were killed in the bombing of a police academy bus in Kabul, Afghanistan; the Taliban claimed responsibility. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new government and outlawed Hamas militias. Angel Cabrera held off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke to capture the U.S. Open. Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, known as the "architect of fashion," died in Milan at age 62.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Peter Lupus is 76. Singer Barry Manilow is 62. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 57. Actor Mark Linn-Baker is 54. Musician Philip Chevron (The Pogues) is 51. Actor Jon Gries (gryz) is 51. Movie producer-director-writer Bobby Farrelly is 50. Actor Thomas Haden Church is 47. Actor Greg Kinnear is 45. Actress Kami Cotler (TV: "The Waltons") is 43. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Dan Jansen is 43. Actor Jason Patric is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kevin Thornton is 39. Actor-comedian Will Forte is 38. Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio is 37. Tennis player Venus Williams is 28. Actor-rapper Herculeez (Herculeez and Big Tyme) is 25. Actor Damani Roberts is 12.

Thought for Today: "During my 87 years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think." — Bernard M. Baruch, American businessman and statesman (1870-1965).
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Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 170th day of 2008. There are 196 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History: On June 18, 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.


On this date:

In 1778, American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War.

In 1812, the United States declared war against Britain.

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium.

In 1858, the United States and China signed a treaty promoting "peace, amity and commerce."

In 1812, the US Congress declared war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Apart from the British economic blockade of France, other reasons behind the declaration included the induction of American seaman into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier.

In 1908, William Howard Taft was nominated for president by the Republican national convention in Chicago.

In 1923, the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company produced the first Checker cab. The Checker name was derived from a Chicago cab company which in 1920 began buying cars manufactured by the Commonwealth Motor Company.

In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a journey with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.

In 1937, the novelist Gail Godwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Selling more than all her five books combined, her first bestselling novel was A Mother and Two Daughters (1981). Her other novels were A Southern Family (1987) and Father Melancholy's Daughter (1991).

In 1940 June 18,Benito Mussolini arrived in Munich to discuss immediate plans with the Fuhrer.

In 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, "This was their finest hour."

In 1948, a United Nations commission finished drafting what would become the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In 1958, President Eisenhower expressed support for his chief of staff, Sherman Adams, who was accused of improperly accepting gifts from a businessman. (Adams resigned in September 1958.)

In 1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election.

In 1979, President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.

In 1983 Astronaut Sally K Ride became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

In 1983 ‘Pump Boys and Dinettes’ closes at Princess Theatre New York City after 573 performances.

In 1983, STS-7 astronaut Dr Sally Ride, an astrophysicist from Stanford University, became the first American woman to travel into space. It was a six-day mission, where she operated the shuttle's robot arm, which she had helped design.

In 1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games.

In 1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US.

In 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec).

In 2004 European Union leaders agreed on the first constitution for the bloc’s 25 members.

In 2006 Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the US arm of the global Anglican Communion.


Ten years ago: President Clinton tapped U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson to replace Energy Secretary Federico Pena and named diplomatic troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke as the new representative to the United Nations. (However, Holbrooke's nomination was held up for a year because of an ethics investigation.) Three people were killed when a Chicago-bound commuter train rammed a tractor-trailer in Portage, Ind.

Five years ago: Convicted rapist Andrew Luster, heir to the Max Factor fortune, was arrested in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after five months on the run. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Larry Doby, who broke the American League's color barrier in 1947, died in Montclair, N.J.; he was believed to be 79.


One year ago: Nine firefighters died in a fire at a furniture store and warehouse in Charleston, S.C. Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel ended his six-year tenure as chief executive officer, handing over the reins to co-founder Jerry Yang. Vilma Espin Guillois, wife of acting President Raul Castro and a former rebel fighter, died in Havana, Cuba, at age 77.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Ian Carmichael is 88. Columnist Tom Wicker is 82. Rock singer-composer-musician Sir Paul McCartney is 66. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 66. Actress Constance McCashin is 61. Actress Linda Thorson is 61. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 56. Actress Carol Kane is 56. Rock singer Alison Moyet is 47. Country singer-musician Tim Hunt is 41. Rock singer-musician Sice (The Boo Radleys) is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men) is 37. Actress Mara Hobel is 37. Rapper Silkk the Shocker is 33. Actress Alana de la Garza is 32. Country singer Blake Shelton is 32. Actress Renee Olstead is 19.

Thought for Today: "Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others." — Amelia Earhart, American aviator (1897-1937?).

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Today is Thursday, June 19, the 171st day of 2008. There are 195 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 19, 1865, Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free. (This event is celebrated as "Juneteenth."

On this day in 1981, APPLE (Ariane Passener Payload Experiment), the first Indian built experimental communication satellite was launched on board the third developmental flight of Ariane from Kourou, French Guyana.

On this date:

In 1862, slavery was outlawed in U.S. territories.

In 1846, the first baseball game was played with recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor as a symbol of Franco-American friendship.

In 1905, the first nickelodeon was opened by Pittsburgh showman Harry Davis, who displayed a silent film called The Great Train Robbery.

In 1910, Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Wash.

In 1917, during World War I, King George V ordered the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames; the family took the name "Windsor."

In 1934, the Federal Communications Commission was created; it replaced the Federal Radio Commission.

In 1938, four dozen people were killed when a railroad bridge in Montana collapsed, sending a train known as the "Olympian" hurtling into Custer Creek.

In 1944, US carrier-based fighters destroy the Japanese Fleet with minimum losses in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

In 1952, the celebrity-panel game show "I've Got A Secret" made its debut on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host.

In 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.

In 1961, Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster.

In 1977, Pope Paul VI proclaimed a 19th-century Philadelphia bishop, John Neumann, the first male U.S. saint.

In 1986, University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias, the first draft pick of the Boston Celtics, suffered a fatal cocaine-induced seizure.


Ten years ago: Switzerland's three biggest banks offered $600 million to settle claims they'd stolen the assets of Holocaust victims; outraged Jewish leaders called the offer insultingly low. Pope John Paul II began his third visit to Austria. A study published in the British medical journal The Lancet said smoking more than doubles the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Five years ago: The FBI put cosmetics heir Andrew Luster aboard a plane in Mexico and flew him back to California, five months after he'd been convicted in absentia of drugging and raping three women. Federal authorities said an Ohio truck driver who met Osama bin Laden and admitted plots against trains and the Brooklyn Bridge had pleaded guilty to felony charges. The U.S. Air Force dropped manslaughter and aggravated assault charges against two fighter pilots who'd mistakenly bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan in 2002. One pilot was later found guilty of dereliction of duty, and reprimanded.


One year ago: A truck bomb struck a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, killing at least 87 people. President Bush and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sided emphatically with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his standoff with the militant group Hamas. The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the international space station for its return to earth.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Gena Rowlands is 78. Singer Spanky McFarlane (Spanky and Our Gang) is 66. Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is 63. Actress Phylicia Rashad is 60. Rock singer Ann Wilson (Heart) is 58. Musician Larry Dunn is 55. Actress Kathleen Turner is 54. Country singer Doug Stone is 52. Singer Mark DeBarge is 49. Singer-dancer-"American Idol" judge Paula Abdul is 46. Actor Andy Lauer is 45. Rock singer-musician Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe) is 44. Rock musician Brian "Head" Welch is 38. Actress Robin Tunney is 36. Actor Bumper Robinson is 34. Actress Poppy Montgomery is 33. Actress Zoe Saldana is 30. Actor Paul Dano is 24.

Thought for Today:

"One has two duties — to be worried and not to be worried." — E.M. Forster, British author (1879-1970).

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