MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008

Today is Monday, June 23, the 175th day of 2008. There are 191 days left in the year.

1775 _ First regatta held on Thames, England

1848 _ Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris

1944 _ Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen

1947 _ Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress

1949 _ First 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School

1956 _ Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt

1972 _ Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate

1985 _ Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die

1989 _ The movie ``Batman" premiers

1990 _ TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year