FRIDAY, June 7, 2024

1896-G. Harpo & F. Samuelson leave N.Y. to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)

1905-Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)

1929-Vatican City becomes a soverign state

1930-NY Times agrees to capitalize the "n" in "Negro"

1955-First President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)

1967-Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem

1968-Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination

1972-German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel

1981-Israel destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility

1982-President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth

1989-23-year old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires

1990-Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains