Today is Saturday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2008. There are 193 days left in the year.
1633 _ Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to ``abjure, curse, and
detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
1788 _ U.S. Constitution goes into effect as N.H. is ninth to ratify
1869 _ The opera ``Die Meistersinger" is produced (Munich)
1887 _ Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
1939 _ Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1945 _ Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to U.S. during WW II
1948 _ First stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
1970 _ Brazil wins last Jules Rimet Trophy, soccer championship
1977 _ Former White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman enters prison
1987 _ Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant