WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010

Today is Wednesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2010. 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

1956 _ Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt

1969 _ Joe Frazier beats Jerry Quarry for the heavyweight boxing title

1969 _ Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice

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

1975 _ Rocker Alice Cooper falls of stage in Vancouver, breaks six ribs

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

1989 _The movie ``Batman" premiers