FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008

Today is Friday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2008. There are 194 days left in the year.

1402 _ Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army

1567 _ Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique

1867 _ Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska

1871 _ Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss

1960 _ Federation of Mali and Senegal becomes independent of France

1963 _ U.S. and USSR agree to set up ``hot line"

1966 _ Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman

1968 _ Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds

1969 _ 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear

1990 _ 40,000-50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran