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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009

Today is Thursday, June 4, the 155th day of 2009. There are 210 days left in the year. 780 B.C. _ First total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese 1070 _ Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France 1647 _ British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner 1783 _ Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned) 1896 _ Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit 1940 _ German forces enter Paris 1942 _ Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II 1965 _ Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction" 1984 _ Bruce Springsteen releases ``Born in the USA" 1990 _ Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy

Jun 3, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009

Today is Wednesday, June 3, the 154th day of 2009. There are 211 days left in the year. 1775 _ George Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 1839 _ First state normal school in U.S. opens in Lexington, Mass., with three students 1863 _ Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., ends, major victory for North 1886 _ First NY Tribune printing using first commercial linotype machine 1950 _ First time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War 1962 _ Algerian Revolution against French ends 1976 _ Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1986 _ President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty 1987 _ Two men became first hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 1988 _ U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290

Jun 2, 2009

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009

Today is Tuesday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2009. There are 213 days left in the year. 1851 _ First U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine) 1883 _ First night baseball under lights, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 1910 _ Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea 1924 _ U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1936 _ Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua 1946 _ Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day) 1964 _ Rolling Stones first U.S. concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass. 1969 _ Australian aircraft carrier ``Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer ``Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1979 _ John Paul II becomes first pope to visit a communist country (Poland) 1989 _ 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Jun 1, 2009

MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009

Today is Monday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2009. There are 213 days left in the year. 1495 _ First written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland; Friar John Cor is the distiller 1893 _ The opera ``Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) 1915 _ First Zeppelin air raid over England 1933 _ Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago 1958 _ Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France 1968 _ Simon & Garfunkel's ``Mrs. Robinson" hits No. 1 1969 _ Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV 1980 _ Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting 1984 _ Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg 1991 _ Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for first time in 600 years

May 31, 2009

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2009

Today is Saturday, May 30, the 150th day of 2009. There are 215 days left in the year. 1536 _ English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour 1539 _ Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida 1588 _ Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England 1814 _ First Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's first abdication 1889 _ The brassiere is invented 1896 _ First car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC) 1964 _ Beatles' ``Love Me Do" single goes No. 1 1967 _ Biafra declares independence from Nigeria 1968 _ President De Gaulle disbands French parliament 1992 _ U.N. votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting

May 29, 2009

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2009

Today is Friday, May 29, the 149th day of 2009. There are 216 days left in the year. 526 _ Antioch struck by earthquake; about 250,000 die 1849 _ Lincoln says ``You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" 1900 _ Trademark ``Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator 1919 _ Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington 1942 _ Bing Crosby records ``White Christmas" greatest selling record to date 1968 _ Manchester United become the first English team to win European Championship soccer tournament 1968 _ U.N. resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia 1989 _ Student protesters in Tiananmen Square China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty 1990 _ Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic 1997 _ Spain scientists announce new human species in 780,000-year-old fossil

May 28, 2009

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009

Today is Thursday, May 28, the 148th day of 2009. There are 217 days left in the year. 585 B.C. _ Thales Miletus predicts solar eclipse; Persian-Lydian battle ends 1742 _ first indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) 1923 _ Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere 1923 _ U.S. unemployment has nearly ended 1929 _ First all-color talking picture ``On With the Show" exhibited (NYC) 1961 _ Amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize, 1977) 1962 _ Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, N.Y. 1964 _ Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem 1964 _ Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Delhi 1972 _ White House ``plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate

May 27, 2009

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009

Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2009. There are 218 days left in the year. 1703 _ St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great 1905 _ Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tsushima 1921 _ After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty 1941 _ FDR proclaims an ``unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1951 _ Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing 1961 _ President Kennedy announces U.S. goal to reach the Moon 1964 _ ``From Russia With Love" premieres in U.S. 1969 _ Walt Disney World construction begins 1980 _ South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1997 _ Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO

May 26, 2009

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009

Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 146th day of 2009. There are 219 days left in the year. 1805 _ Napoleon is crowned king of Italy 1868 _ President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by one vote 1918 _ Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia 1922 _ Lenin suffers a stroke 1945 _ U.S. drop fire bombs on Tokyo 1963 _ Organization of African Unity forms 1972 _ Nixon and Brezhnev sign SALT accord 1973 _ Beatles' ``The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes No. 1 1989 _ Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals 1998 _ Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs. President Clinton

May 25, 2009

MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009

Today is Monday, May 25, the 145th day of 2009. There are 220 days left in the year. 585 B.C. _ First known prediction of a solar eclipse 1810 _ Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day) 1844 _ First telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot 1895 _ Oscar Wilde sentenced to two years hard labor for being a sodomite 1914 _ British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule 1935 _ Jesse Owens equals or breaks six world records in one hour 1969 _ ``Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating 1976 _ Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich 1978 _ ``Star Wars" released 1989 _ Mikhail Gorbachev elected executive president of the Soviet Union

May 24, 2009

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