Today is Wednesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2010. There are 191 days left in the year.
1775 _ First regatta held on Thames, England
1848 _ Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris
1944 _ Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen
1956 _ Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
1969 _ Joe Frazier beats Jerry Quarry for the heavyweight boxing title
1969 _ Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice
1972 _ Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1975 _ Rocker Alice Cooper falls of stage in Vancouver, breaks six ribs
1985 _ Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die
1989 _The movie ``Batman" premiers