THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008

Today is Thursday, June 26, the 178th day of 2008. There are 188 days left in the year.

1797 _ Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!

1900 _ Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever

1919 _ First issue of NY Daily News published

1945 _ U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in S.F.

1960 _ British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain

1960 _ Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)

1963 _ Kennedy visits W. Berlin ``Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)

1968 _ Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by U.S.

1974 _ Liz Taylor's fifth divorce (Richard Burton)

1978 _ Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France