Today is Friday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2008. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer arrives at 7:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Today's Highlight in History: On June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
On this day in 1837, Victoria, the granddaughter of George III, and the niece of William IV, succeeded to the British throne, at the death of William IV who died at the age of 71 from heart failure. On June 28, 1838, her coronation took place. From May 1, 1876, till her death on January 22, 1901, she was also the first Empress of India.

During her reign, which is known as the Victorian era, Britain became one of the most important global power; it was a period of significant social, economic and technological affluence, where the British empire raeched the pinnacle of expansion. Longer than any other British monarch, her tenure as Queen lasted for 63 years and seven months.


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In 1756, a British garrison was imprisoned by the troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, in the Black Hole of Calcutta; discontented over the interference of the British East India Company in the country's internal affairs, the Nawab laid a seige to the Fort William where the company was pursuing its military ambitions.However, the exact circumstances — such as the number of prisoners, originally put at 146, and how many of them died — are disputed.

In 1782, the US Congress after six years of discussion, adopted the Great Seal of the United States.

In 1819, the US vessel SS Savannah which was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, arrived at Liverpool, United Kingdom. Built in New York by the shipyard of Crockett and Fickett, though it was never a commercial success, it was to lead others to dream of bigger projects in the field of ocean travel.

In 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.

In 1862, Barbu Catargiu, a conservative Romanian journalist and politician, and the Prime Minister of Romania was assassinated.

In 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state.

In 1877, Alexander Graham Bell widely credited with the invention of the telephone, installed the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is remembered for many other including groundbreaking work in hydrofoils and aeronautics.

In 1893, Lizzie Borden was acquitted of murdering her stepmother and father, due to lack of substantive evidence, despite her having motive and opportunity, in a trial that became a national sensation in the United States.

In 1943, race rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.

In 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates.

In 1948, the television variety series "Toast of the Town," hosted by Ed Sullivan, debuted on CBS.

In 1963, the United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a "hot line" between the two superpowers.

In 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. Ali's conviction was ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court.

In 2001, Houston resident Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family bathtub, then called police. Yates was later convicted of murder, but had her conviction overturned; she was acquitted in a retrial.


Ten years ago: On the eve of Father's Day, President Clinton used his weekly radio address to announce the release of the first wave of almost $60 million in prostate cancer research grants.

Five years ago: Secretary of State Colin Powell met separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, praising the Israelis for efforts toward an eventual peace settlement and urging speed on the Palestinians. President Bush named Scott McClellan his new press secretary, succeeding Ari Fleischer. Wildfires fueled by high winds burned 250 homes in southern Arizona.

One year ago: For the second time, President Bush vetoed an embryonic stem cell bill as he urged scientists toward what he termed "ethically responsible" research. Sammy Sosa, playing for the Texas Rangers after a year out of baseball, hit his 600th home run, making him the fifth player to reach the milestone.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Olympia Dukakis is 77. Actor Martin Landau is 77. Actor James Tolkan is 77. Actor Danny Aiello is 75. Blues musician Lazy Lester is 75. Actor John Mahoney is 68. Movie director Stephen Frears is 67. Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson is 66. Actor John McCook is 63. Singer Anne Murray is 63. TV personality Bob Vila is 62. Musician Andre Watts is 62. Actress Candy Clark is 61. Producer Tina Sinatra is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lionel Richie is 59. Actor John Goodman is 56. Rock musician Michael Anthony is 54. Musician John Taylor is 48. Rock musician Mark DeGliantoni is 46. Rock musician Murphy Karges (Sugar Ray) is 41. Actress Nicole Kidman is 41. Movie director Robert Rodriguez is 40. Actor Peter Paige is 39. Actor Josh Lucas is 37. Country-folk singer-songwriter Amos Lee is 31. Country singer Chuck Wicks is 29. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse is 19. Actress Maria Lark (TV: "Medium") is 11.

Thought for Today: "Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith." — Franz Kafka, Austrian author and poet (1883-1924).
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Today is Saturday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2008. There are 193 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.

On this day in 1948, Lord Mountbatten resigned as Governor-General of India. He was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of independent India (1947-1948).

On this date:

In 1798, the British Army defeated Irish rebels at Battle of Vinegar Hill. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising lasting several months, against the British dominated Kingdom of Ireland.

In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick (AP) — received a patent for his reaping machine.

In 1908, composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov died in Lyubensk, Russia, at age 64.

In 1932, heavyweight Max Schmeling lost a title fight rematch in New York by decision to Jack Sharkey, prompting Schmeling's manager, Joe Jacobs, to exclaim: "We was robbed!"

In 1940, France surrenderd to Germany during the World War II.

In 1948, the Republican national convention opened in Philadelphia. The delegates ended up choosing Thomas E. Dewey to be their presidential nominee.

In 1957, Ellen Louks Fairclough was sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister.

In 1963, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was chosen to succeed the late Pope John XXIII; the new pope took the name Paul VI. The French government shocked its allies by announcing that it is withdrawing its navy from the North Atlantic fleet of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

In 1964, civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss.; their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later.

In 1973, the Supreme Court, in Miller v. California, ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.

In 1982, a jury in Washington, found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings of President Reagan and three other men.

In 1985, scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.

In 1990, an estimated 50,000 Iranians were killed by an earthquake.

In 2002, the World Health Organisation declares Europe polio free. (With research inputs)

Ten years ago: In Colombia, former Bogota Mayor Andres Pastrana was elected the country's president, defeating Horacio Serpa, a key player in the scandal-tainted administration of President Ernesto Samper. In World Cup soccer, Iran defeated the United States, 2-1.

Five years ago: Ten weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, President Bush offered a broadly positive status report on the U.S. mission in Iraq in his weekly radio address. Lennox Lewis retained his heavyweight title after a cut stopped Vitali Klitschko after six brawling rounds in Los Angeles. Author Leon Uris died in New York at age 78; playwright George Axelrod died in Los Angeles at age 81.

One year ago: Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the chief U.S. nuclear envoy, made a rare trip to North Korea in a surprise bid to accelerate international efforts to press the communist government to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Bob Evans, creator of his namesake restaurant chain, died in Cleveland at age 89.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Jane Russell is 87. Actor Bernie Kopell is 75. Actor Monte Markham is 73. Songwriter Don Black is 70. Actress Mariette Hartley is 68. Comedian Joe Flaherty is 67. Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is 64. Actress Meredith Baxter is 61. Actor Michael Gross is 61. Rock musician Joe Molland (Badfinger) is 61. Rock musician Don Airey (Deep Purple) is 60. Country singer Leon Everette is 60. Rock musicianJoey Kramer (Aerosmith) is 58. Rock musician Nils Lofgren is 57. Actress Robyn Douglass is 55. Actor Leigh McCloskey is 53. Cartoonist Berke Breathed is 51. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 49. Actor Marc Copage is 46. Actress Sammi Davis is 44. Actor Doug Savant is 44. Country musician Porter Howell is 44. Actor Michael Dolan is 43. Writer-director Larry Wachowski ("The Matrix") is 43. Actress Paula Irvine is 40. Country singer Allison Moorer is 36. Actress Juliette Lewis is 35. Musician Justin Cary is 33. Rock musician Mike Einziger (Incubus) is 32. Actor Chris Pratt is 29. Rock singer Brandon Flowers is 27. Britain's Prince William of Wales is 26. Actor Jascha Washington is 19.

Thought for Today: Thought for Today: "He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave." — William Drummond, Scottish writer (1585-1649).
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Today in History - June 22

By The Associated Press
Sun Jun 22, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Sunday, June 22, the 174th day of 2008. There are 192 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 22, 1945, the World War II battle for Okinawa ended with an Allied victory; some 13,000 Americans and 90,000 Japanese soldiers, plus 130,000 civilians, were killed in the nearly three-month campaign.

On this date:

In 1807, a British frigate, the HMS Leopard, attacked and boarded the American ship USS Chesapeake off the Virginia coast in search of Royal Navy deserters.

In 1870, the U.S. Department of Justice was created.

In 1937, Joe Louis began his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago.

In 1938, Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.

In 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.

In 1944, President Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the "GI Bill of Rights."

In 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47.

In 1977, John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. attorney general to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up. (He was released 19 months later.)

In 1988, gay rights activist Leonard Matlovich, discharged from the U.S. Air Force because of his homosexuality, died at age 44.

In 1993, former first lady Pat Nixon died in Park Ridge, N.J., at age 81.

Ten years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court made it much harder for students who are sexually harassed by teachers to hold school districts financially responsible, ruling 5-4 that a key anti-bias law applies only if administrators know about the misconduct. Actress Maureen O'Sullivan died in Scottsdale, Ariz., at age 87.

Five years ago: Iraq re-entered the world oil market with its first shipment of crude since the war, but sabotage and looting along its largest pipeline delayed the flow of freshly pumped oil.

One year ago: Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bringing home crew member Sunita "Suni" Williams, who'd set an endurance record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 195 days. Guy Vander Jagt, a 13-term Republican congressman from Michigan, died in Washington at age 75.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Ralph Waite is 80. Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 72. Actor Michael Lerner is 67. Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 65. Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 64. Actor Andrew Rubin is 62. Actor David L. Lander is 61. Singer Howard "Eddie" Kaylan is 61. Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 60. Actress Meryl Streep is 59. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 59. Singer Alan Osmond is 59. Actor Murphy Cross is 58. Actor Graham Greene is 56. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 55. Actor Chris Lemmon is 54. Rock musician Derek Forbes is 52. Actor Tim Russ is 52. Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 51. Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 50. Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 49. Actress Tracy Pollan is 48. Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 47. Author Dan Brown is 44. Rock singer-musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 44. Actress Amy Brenneman is 44. Rock singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 38. Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub is 37. TV personality Carson Daly is 35. Rock musician Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 35. Country musician Jimmy Wallace is 35. Actor Donald Faison is 34. Actress Alicia Goranson is 34. TV personality/actor Jai Rodriguez is 29. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 23.

Thought for Today: "If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere." — Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (1813-1887).


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Today is Monday, June 23, the 174th day of 2008. There are 191 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History: On June 23, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his "Type-Writer.
On this day in 1757, Battle of Plassey was fought, 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeated a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.


On this date:

In 1757, forces of the East India Co. led by Robert Clive defeated troops loyal to the provincial governor of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the beginning of British colonial rule in India.

In 1836, Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.

In 1894, International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin

In 1931, aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.

In 1926, the College Board administered the first SAT exam. It is a standardised test for college admissions in the United States.

In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Authority was established.

In 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.

In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.

In 1967, President Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin held the first of two meetings at Glassboro State College in New Jersey.

n 1968, 74 were killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.

In 1969, Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice by the man he was succeeding, Earl Warren.

In 1972, President Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. (Revelation of the tape recording of this conversation sparked Nixon's resignation in 1974.)

In 1985, all 329 people aboard an Air-India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland, after a bomb on board exploded.

In 1992, Mafia boss John Gotti, who was nicknamed the ''Teflon Don'' was sentenced to life after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s. He was found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering.

Ten years ago: President Clinton said the reported discovery of traces of deadly nerve gas on an Iraqi missile warhead gave the United States new ammunition to maintain tough U.N. sanctions against the Baghdad government.

Five years ago: A divided Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed the nation's colleges and universities to select students based in part on race. The Supreme Court said the government could require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters. Democrat Howard Dean formally announced his presidential campaign. Maynard Jackson Jr., the first black mayor of Atlanta, died in Washington, D.C., at age 65.


One year ago: Searchers in Summit County, Ohio, found the body of Jessie Davis, a missing 26-year-old pregnant woman. (Bobby Cutts Jr., a former Canton police officer who was the father of Davis' unborn child, was later convicted of murder and aggravated murder and sentenced to 57 years to life in prison.)

Today's Birthdays: Singer Diana Trask is 68. Musical conductor James Levine is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons) is 64. Actor Ted Shackelford is 62. Actor Bryan Brown is 61. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is 60. "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson is 52. Actress Frances McDormand is 51. Rock musician Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) is 46. Actor Paul La Greca is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chico DeBarge is 38. Actress Selma Blair is 36. Rock singer KT Tunstall is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Virgo Williams (Ghostowns DJs) is 33. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 31. Rock singer Duffy is 24. Country singer Katie Armiger is 17.

Thought for Today: "One today is worth two tomorrows." _ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
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Today is Tuesday, June 24, the 176th day of 2008. There are 190 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On June 24, 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the massive Berlin Airlift.
The first major exhibition of Pablo Picasso's artwork opened at a gallery on Paris' rue Lafitte, a street known for its prestigious art galleries. The 75 works displayed at 19-year-old Spaniard's first Paris exhibition offered moody, representational paintings by a young artist with obvious talent.


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In 1314, the forces of Scotland's King Robert I defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.

In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England.

In 1692: Kingston, Jamaica was founded.

In 1793, the first republican constitution in France was adopted.

In 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was later acquitted).

In 1812: Following the rejection of his Continental System by Czar Alexander I, French Emperor Napoleon ordered his Grande Armee, the largest European military force ever assembled to that date, into Russia.

In 1813: Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeated the US Army.

In 1862: President Abraham Lincoln met with retired General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War and the commander of all Union forces at the outbreak of the Civil War. Scott was one of the few impartial advisors surrounding Lincoln.

In 1885: Future President Woodrow Wilson married his first wife, Ellen Louise Axson, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. The two had met at her father's church in Rome, Georgia, in 1883

In 1908, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, N.J., at age 71.

In 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.

In 1948, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president.

In 1953: Jacqueline Bouvier and Massachusetts Senator John F Kennedy publicly announced their engagement. Kennedy went on to become the 35th president and Jackie, as she was known, became one of the most popular first ladies ever to grace the White House.

In 1968, "Resurrection City," a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People's March on Washington, D.C., was closed down by authorities.

In 1973: Eamon de Valera, the world's oldest statesman, resigned as president of Ireland at the age of 90.

In 1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

In 1995: South Africa defeated New Zealand in the finals of the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg while Nelson Mandela as a special guest. Mandela wore the jersey of Francois Penaar, South Africa's team captain.

In 1997: US Air Force officials released a 231-page report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.


Ten years ago: President Clinton left on a nine-day visit to China amid a swirl of controversy over his policy toward the Beijing government. AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable TV giant Tele-Communications for $31.7 billion.

Five years ago: Six British soldiers were killed by Iraqis in a police station in southern Iraq and eight were wounded in a nearby ambush. President Vladimir Putin arrived in London on the first state visit to Britain by a Russian leader since the 19th century. An Air France Concorde bound for a German museum landed in Germany.


One year ago: Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali," and two other ex-officials in Saddam's were sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for slaughtering up to 180,000 Kurdish men, women and children two decades earlier. Charles W. Lindberg, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, died in Edina, Minn., at age 86.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Al Molinaro is 89. Comedian Jack Carter is 85. Movie director Claude Chabrol is 78. Actress Michele Lee is 66. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 65. Rock musician Jeff Beck is 64. Singer Arthur Brown is 64. Rock singer Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) is 63. Musician Mick Fleetwood is 61 Actor Peter Weller is 61. Rock musician John Illsley (Dire Straits) is 59. Actress Nancy Allen is 58. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru) is 58. Actor Joe Penny is 52. Reggae singer Astro (UB40) is 51. Singer-musician Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark) is 49. Rock singer Curt Smith is 47. Actress Danielle Spencer is 43. Actress Sherry Stringfield is 41. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 38. Actress-producer Mindy Kaling is 29. Actress Minka Kelly (TV: "Friday Night Lights") is 28. Singer Solange Knowles is 22.

Thought for Today: "Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego." — Ambrose Bierce, American author-journalist (1842-1914?).
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Today is Wednesday, June 25, the 177th day of 2008. There are 189 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.

1983: The Cricket World Cup or Prudential Cup was held from 09-06-1983 to 25-06-1983 in England and was won by India. In the final, India lost the toss and were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. However India sealed a historic win at Lord's and went on to create history.

On this date:

In 1796: Birth of Nicholas I (died 1855), Russian Tsar and a reactionary. He suppressed the reformist Decembrist movement and strengthened the autocracy with the aid of censorship and the secret police.

In 1788, the state of Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.

In 1807, Napoleon I of France and Russian Czar Alexander I met near Tilsit to discuss terms for ending war between their empires.

In 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

In 1900: Lord Louis Mountbatten was born.

In 1906, architect Stanford White was shot to death atop New York's Madison Square Garden, which he had designed, by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit (Thaw was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity).

In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.

In 1940: In World War II, hostilities in France formally ended. The French had signed an armistice with Germany the previous week.

In 1941: Finland declared war on Soviet Union.

In 1942, some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany, during World War II. Eisenhower assumes command of US troops in Europe.

In 1950: Armed forces from communist North Korea smashed into South Korea, setting off the Korean War.

In 1958, a four-day dedication of the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas began, even though the bridge had been open to traffic since November 1957.

In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Engel v. Vitale, ruled that recital of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.

In 1967: Beatles recorded All You Need Is Love.

In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.

In 1975: Mozambique became independent after a ten-year war against Portuguese colonial domination of 477 years.

In 1996, a truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.

Ten years ago: The Supreme Court rejected a 1997 line-item veto law as unconstitutional, and ruled that HIV-infected people are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. President Clinton began a nine-day trip to China in the city of Xi'an.

Five years ago: The music industry threatened to sue hundreds of individual computer users who were illegally sharing music files online. Former Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, a symbol of Old South segregation, died in Atlanta at age 87.

One year ago: A suicide bomber slipped into a Baghdad hotel and blew himself up in the midst of a gathering of U.S.-allied tribal sheiks, killing 13 people. Robert Zoellick won unanimous approval of the World Bank's board to become the institution's next president. World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit, his wife and 7-year-old son were found dead in their Fayetteville, Ga., home (authorities concluded that Benoit strangled his family, then killed himself). A judge in Washington, D.C., ruled in favor of a dry cleaner sued by a dissatisfied customer who was demanding $54 million for his missing pants.

Today's Birthdays: Movie director Sidney Lumet is 84. Actress June Lockhart is 83. Rhythm-and-blues singer Eddie Floyd is 73. Actress Barbara Montgomery is 69. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed is 66. Writer-producer-director Gary David Goldberg is 64. Singer Carly Simon is 63. Rock musician Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) is 62. Rock musician Ian McDonald (Foreigner; King Crimson) is 62. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 61. Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 60. TV personality Phyllis George is 59. Rock singer Tim Finn is 56. Rock musician David Paich (Toto) is 54. Actor Michael Sabatino is 53. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 47. Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 45. Rock singer George Michael is 45. Actress Erica Gimpel is 44. Basketball player Dikembe Mutombo is 42. Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 41. Rapper Candyman is 40. Contemporary Christian musician Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) is 37. Actress Angela Kinsey (TV: "The Office") is 37. Rock musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) is 36. Rock musician Mario Calire is 34. Actress Linda Cardellini is 33. Actress Busy Philipps is 29.

Thought for Today: "It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence." — Agnes Repplier, American writer and social critic (1858-1950).
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Today is Thursday, June 26, the 178th day of 2008. There are 188 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).

On June 26, 1945: In the Herbst Theater auditorium in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations sign the United Nations Charter. The Charter was ratified on October 24, and the first UN General Assembly met in London on January 10, 1946

On this date:

In 1483: Richard III was crowned king of England.

In 1870, the first section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., was opened to the public.

In 1906: The first French Grand Prix, the first race of that type to be held anywhere was staged in Le Mans by the Automobile Club of France.

In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.

In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin.

In 1950, President Truman authorized the Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict.

In 1959, President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.

In 1968, Chief U.S. Justice Earl Warren announced he was resigning.

In 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" kept by the Nixon White House.

In 1977, 42 people were killed when a fire sent toxic smoke pouring through the Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tenn.

In 1988, three people were killed when a new Airbus A-320 jetliner carrying more than 130 people crashed into a forest during an air show demonstration flight in Mulhouse, France.

In 1993, President Clinton announced the U.S. had launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of "compelling evidence" Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President Bush.

Ten years ago: The Supreme Court issued a landmark sexual harassment ruling, putting employers on notice that they can be held responsible for supervisors' misconduct even if they knew nothing about it

Five years ago: The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down state bans on gay sex. A jury in Fort Worth, Texas, convicted former nurse's aide Chante Mallard of murder for hitting a homeless man with her car, driving home with his mangled body jammed in the windshield and leaving him to die in her garage. (Mallard was later sentenced to 50 years in prison.) Strom Thurmond, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died in Edgefield, S.C., at age 100. Sir Denis Thatcher, husband of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, died in London at age 88.


One year ago: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball," got into a verbal fracas with Elizabeth Edwards, who had called into the program to ask Coulter to stop making personal attacks on her husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Paris Hilton left the Los Angeles County jail after a bizarre, three-week stay for a probation violation. Fashion designer Liz Claiborne died in New York at age 78.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Eleanor Parker is 86. Jazz musician-film composer Dave Grusin is 74. Actor Josef Sommer is 74. Singer Billy Davis Jr. (The Fifth Dimension) is 68. Rock singer Georgie Fame is 65. Actor Clive Francis is 62. Rhythm-and-blues singer Brenda Holloway is 62. Actor Michael Paul Chan is 58. Actor Robert Davi is 55. Singer-musician Mick Jones is 53. Actor Gedde Watanabe is 53. Rock singer Chris Isaak is 52. Rock singer Patty Smyth is 51. Singer Terri Nunn (Berlin) is 47. Rock singer Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) is 45. Rock musician Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) is 39. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is 38. Actor Sean Hayes is 38. Actor Matt Letscher is 38. Actor Chris O'Donnell is 38. Actress Rebecca Budig is 35. Country singer Gretchen Wilson is 34. Actor-musician Jason Schwartzman is 28. Actress Kaitlin Cullum is 22.

Thought for Today: "When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps; when he says perhaps, he means no; when he says no, he is no diplomat." — Anonymous.
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Today is Friday, June 27, the 179th day of 2008. There are 187 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On June 27, 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas.
On June 27, 1995, US space shuttle STS-71 blasted off in space to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

On this date:

In 1693: The first women's magazine, The Ladies' Mercury, was published by John Dunton in London.

In 1703: After winning access to the Baltic Sea through his victories in the Great Northern War, Czar Peter I founded the city of Saint Petersburg as the new Russian capital.

In 1801: In Egypt, British forces defeated the French and take control of Cairo.

In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.

In 1846, New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.

In 1937: San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, a stunning technological and artistic achievement, opened to the public after five years of construction.

In 1941: The British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000.

In 1944, during World War II, American forces completed their capture of the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans.

In 1946: The foreign ministers of Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and France transfered the Dodecanese Islands from Italy to Greece, and areas of northern Italy to France.

In 1950, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.

In 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village; patrons fought back in clashes considered the birth of the gay rights movement.

In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, struck down state laws and bar association rules that prohibited lawyers from advertising their fees for routine services.

In 1977, the Republic of Djibouti became independent of France.

In 1986, the International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled that the United States had broken international law and violated the sovereignty of Nicaragua by aiding the Contras.

In 1988, Mike Tyson retained the undisputed heavyweight crown as he knocked out Michael Spinks 91 seconds into the first round of a championship fight in Atlantic City, N.J.

In 1988, 57 people were killed in a train collision in Paris.

Ten years ago: During a joint news conference beamed live to hundreds of millions of homes across China, President Clinton and President Jiang Zemin offered an uncensored airing of differences on human rights, freedom, trade and Tibet. An earthquake in Ceyhan, Turkey, killed 144 people.

Five years ago: More than 735,000 phone numbers were registered on the first day of a national do-not-call list aimed at blocking unwelcome solicitations from telemarketers.

One year ago: Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair. In her first televised interview since being released from custody, a demure Paris Hilton told CNN's Larry King she would never again drink and drive and that her time in jail was "a time-out in life."

Today's Birthdays: Business executive Ross Perot is 78. The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Army General John Shalikashvili, is 72. Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is 70. Singer-musician Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 66. Actress Julia Duffy is 57. Actress Isabelle Adjani is 53. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 49. Actor Brian Drillinger is 48. Writer-producer-director J.J. Abrams is 42. Actor Yancey Arias is 37. Actor Tobey Maguire is 33. Gospel singer Leigh Nash is 32. Actor Drake Bell is 22. Actor Ed Westwick is 21. Actress Madylin Sweeten is 17.

Thought for Today: "The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all." _ John Cage, American composer (1912-1992).
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Today in History - June 28

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Today is Saturday, June 28, the 180th day of 2008. There are 186 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist, triggering World War I.

On this date:

In 1491, England's King Henry VIII was born at Greenwich.

In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took place in New Jersey; it was from this battle that the legend of "Molly Pitcher" arose, although her actual existence is a matter of historical debate. The outcome of the battle was inconclusive.

In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, died in Montpelier, Va.

In 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.

In 1928, New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Houston.

In 1939, Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service.

In 1944, the Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president and Ohio Gov. John W. Bricker for vice president.

In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

In 1978, the Supreme Court ordered the University of California-Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke, a white man who argued he'd been a victim of reverse racial discrimination.

Ten years ago: The 12th World AIDS Conference opened in Geneva. The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to the Chiquita banana company as it retracted stories questioning the company's business practices; the paper agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle legal claims.

Five years ago: After days of intense searching by ground and air, U.S. forces found the bodies of two soldiers missing north of Baghdad, as the toll of American dead since the start of war topped the grim milestone of 200.

One year ago: The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down school integration plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle, a decision that was denounced at a debate hours later by Democratic presidential candidates. President Bush's immigration plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the Senate. The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.

Today's Birthdays: Blues singer-musician David "Honeyboy" Edwards is 93. Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 82. Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., is 74. Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta is 70. Rock musician Dave Knights (Procul Harum) is 63. Actor Bruce Davison is 62. Actress Kathy Bates is 60. Actress Alice Krige is 54. Football Hall of Famer John Elway is 48. Record company chief executive Tony Mercedes is 46. Actress Jessica Hecht is 43. Rock musician Saul Davies (James) is 43. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 42. Actor John Cusack is 42. Actor Gil Bellows is 41. Actress-singer Danielle Brisebois is 39. Jazz musician Jimmy Sommers is 39. Actress Tichina Arnold is 37. Actor Alessandro Nivola is 36. Actress Camille Guaty is 32. Rock musician Tim Nordwind (OK Go) is 32. Rock musician Mark Stoermer (The Killers) is 31. Country singer Kellie Pickler is 22.

Thought for Today: "The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested." _ William Dean Howells, American author (1837-1920).

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Today in History - June 29

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Today is Sunday, June 29, the 181st day of 2008. There are 185 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 29, 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry made governor.

On this date:

In 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts, which imposed import duties on certain goods shipped to America. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament in 1770 to repeal the duties on all goods _ except tea.)

In 1908, American composer Leroy Anderson, known for light orchestral pieces such as "The Typewriter" and "The Syncopated Clock," was born in Cambridge, Mass.

In 1946, authorities in British-mandated Palestine arrested more than 2,700 Jews in an attempt to stamp out extremists.

In 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified information.

In 1958, a bomb exploded at the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.; there were no injuries.

In 1966, the United States bombed fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.

In 1967, Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.

In 1970, the United States ended a two-month military offensive into Cambodia.

In 1972, the Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia, ruled the death penalty, as it was being meted out, could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." (The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.)

In 1988, the Supreme Court, in Morrison v. Olson, upheld the independent counsel law.

Ten years ago: Students at Peking University peppered President Clinton with polite but critical questions about America's human rights record, Taiwan policy and views on China in an exchange televised live across the vast nation. With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the NBA announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.

Five years ago: Thirteen people were killed when a third-floor porch collapsed during a party in Chicago. Actress Katharine Hepburn, one of the last stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, died in Old Saybrook, Conn., at age 96.

One year ago: British police defused two car bombs left to blow up near packed nightclubs and pubs in central London. The first Apple iPhones went on sale. Death claimed movie critic Joel Siegel at age 63 and George McCorkle, a founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band, at age 60.

Today's Birthdays: Movie producer Robert Evans is 78. Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 68. Actor Gary Busey is 64. Comedian Richard Lewis is 61. Actor-turned-radio personality Fred Grandy is 60. Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 60. Singer Don Dokken (Dokken) is 55. Rock singer Colin Hay (Men At Work) is 55. Actress Maria Conchita Alonso is 51. Actress Sharon Lawrence is 47. Actress Amanda Donohoe is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Stedman Pearson (Five Star) is 44. Actress Kathleen Wilhoite is 44. Musician Dale Baker is 42. Actress Melora Hardin is 41. Rap DJ Shadow is 36. Country musician Todd Sansom (Marshall Dyllon) is 30. Singer Nicole Scherzinger is 30.

Thought for Today: "Sin ... has been made not only ugly but passe. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick." _ Phyllis McGinley, American poet (1905-1978).




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