Today is Tuesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2009. There are 191 days left in the year.
1683 _ William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians
in Pennsylvania; only treaty ``not sworn to, nor broken"
1848 _ Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris
1944 _ Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen
1947 _ Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
1972 _ Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history
1972 _ Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1976 _ CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest freestanding structure (555 m) opens
1985 _ Air India jet crashes near Ireland, 329 killed
1989 _ The movie ``Batman" premiers
1990 _ A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty