THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011

Today is Thursday, June 23, the 174th day of 2011. There are 191 days left in the year.

1848 ― Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris

1868 ― Christopher Latham Sholes patents ``typewriter"

1944 ― Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen

1951 ― British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to USSR

1956 ― Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt

1972 ― Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history

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

1986 ― Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House

1989 ― The movie ``Batman" premiers