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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012

Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 178th day of 2012. There are 188 days left in the year. 1483 ― Richard III usurps English throne 1797 ― Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! 1900 ― Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever 1917 ― First American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1945 ― U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco 1963 ― Kennedy visits West Berlin, saying ``Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) 1964 ― Beatles release ``A Hard Day's Night" album 1974 ― Liz Taylor's fifth divorce (Richard Burton) 1975 ― Indian P.M. Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1982 ― U.S. vetoes U.N. Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces

Jun 25, 2012

MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012

Today is Monday, June 25, the 177th day of 2012. There are 189 days left in the year. 1178 ― Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1630 ― Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop 1749 ― General fast because of drought in Massachusetts 1798 ― U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 1929 ― President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 1938 ― Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1950 ― Korean War begins; N. Korea invades S. Korea 1967 ― 400 million watch Beatles ``Our World" TV special 1981 ― Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1991 ― Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia

Jun 24, 2012

SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012

Today is Saturday, June 23, the 175th day of 2012. 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" 1775 ― First regatta held on Thames, England 1848 ― Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris 1860 ― U.S. Secret Service created 1868 ― Christopher Latham Sholes patents ``Type-writer" 1944 ― Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen 1956 ― Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt 1972 ― Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1986 ― Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House 1989 ― The movie ``Batman" premiers

Jun 22, 2012

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012

Today is Friday, June 22, the 174th day of 2012. There are 192 days left in the year. 1772 ― Slavery outlawed in England 1815 ― Second abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo) 1847 ― Doughnut created 1874 ― Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon, Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 1911 ― King George V of England crowned 1938 ― Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium 1940 ― France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed 1941 ― Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1959 ― Eddie Lubanski bowls two consecutive perfect games 1986 ― Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting

Jun 21, 2012

THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012

Today is Thursday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2012. There are 193 days left in the year. 1633 ― Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to ``abjure, curse and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 1887 ― Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria 1939 ― Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1943 ― Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1945 ― Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to U.S. during WW II 1948 ― Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates ``long playing record," Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's 1948 ― First stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I 1969 ― Zager & Evans release ``In the Year 2525" 1970 ― Brazil wins last Jules Rimet Trophy, soccer championship 1989 ― Supreme Court rules OK to burn U.S. flag as a political expression

Jun 20, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

Today is Wednesday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2012. There are 194 days left in the year. 1402 ― Battle of Angora (Ankara); Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1791 ― King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution 1837 ― Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 1867 ― President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1944 ― Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1963 ― U.S. and USSR agree to set up ``Hot Line" 1967 ― Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services 1988 ― “Price is Right” model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera 1990 ― 40,000-50,000 die in a 7.6-richter earthquake in Iran 1990 ― Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of the U.S.

Jun 19, 2012

TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012

Today is Tuesday, June 19, the 171st day of 2012. There are 195 days left in the year. 240 B.C. ― Eratosthenes estimates circumference of Earth 1846 ― First baseball game (Cartwright Rules); N.Y. Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1 1862 ― Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories 1889 ― Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure ``The Man with the Twisted Lip" 1910 ― Father's Day celebrated for first time (Spokane, Wash.) 1917 ― After WW I, King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor 1931 ― First photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven,Conn. 1967 ― Muhammad Ali is convicted for reusing induction in U.S. Army 1968 ― 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign 1976 ― U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth

Jun 18, 2012

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012

Today is Monday, June 18, the 170th day of 2012. There are 196 days left in the year. 1178 ― Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno 1583 ― Richard Martin of London takes out first life insurance policy, on William Gibbons. 1815 ― Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington 1940 ― Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that ``this was their finest hour" 1948 ― National Security Council authorizes covert operations for first time 1948 ― U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights 1953 ― Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president 1959 ― First telecast transmitted from England to U.S. 1968 ― Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1989 ― Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion

Jun 17, 2012

SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012

Today is Saturday, June 16, the 168th day of 2012. There are 198 days left in the year. 632 ― Origin of Persian (Yezdegird) Era 1858 ― Abraham Lincoln says, ``A house divided against itself cannot stand" 1903 ― Ford Motors incorporates 1904 ― Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses) 1917 ― First Congress of Soviets convene in Russia 1940 ― Communist government installed in Lithuania 1947 ― First network news-Dumont's ``News from Washington" 1963 ― Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6 1976 ― Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day) 1991 ― Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia

Jun 15, 2012

FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012

Today is Friday, June 15, the 167th day of 2012. There are 199 days left in the year. 763 B.C. ― Assyrians record total solar eclipse event on clay tablet 1215 ― King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England 1590 ― Pope Leo X threatens to ex-communicate Martin Luther 1785 ― Two French balloonists die in world's first fatal aviation accident 1869 ― Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, N.Y. 1924 ― Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens 1956 ― John Lennon (15) and Paul McCartney (13) meet for first time as Lennon's rock group ``The Quarrymen” perform at a church dinner 1977 ― Spain's first free elections since 1936 1982 ― Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat 1986 ― Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity

Jun 14, 2012

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