SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2010

Today is Saturday, June 26, the 177th day of 2010. There are 188 days left in the year.

1483 _ Richard III usurps English throne

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

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

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

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

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 Palestine Liberation Organization forces

1989 _ Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for the second time

1990 _ 122 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Ariz.