FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009

Today is Friday, June 26, the 177th day of 2009. There are 188 days left in the year.

1483 _ Richard III usurps English throne

1797 _ Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to

farmers, although they fear effects of iron on soil!

1916 _ Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on their jerseys (one game)

1919 _ First issue of NY Daily News published

1945 _ U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco

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

1964 _ Beatles release ``A Hard Day's Night" album

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

1975 _ Indian P.M. Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency

1982 _ U.S. vetoes U.N. Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and PLO forces