Opinion - The Korea Times

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008

Today is Friday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2008. There are 194 days left in the year. 1402 _ Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1567 _ Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 1867 _ Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1871 _ Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss 1960 _ Federation of Mali and Senegal becomes independent of France 1963 _ U.S. and USSR agree to set up ``hot line" 1966 _ Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman 1968 _ Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1969 _ 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear 1990 _ 40,000-50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran

Jun 19, 2008

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008

Today is Thursday, June 19, the 171st day of 2008. There are 195 days left in the year. 240 B.C. _ Eratosthenes estimates circumference of Earth 1778 _ Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge 1846 _ First baseball game (Cartwright Rules) - N.Y. Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1 1862 _ Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories 1910 _ Father's Day celebrated for first time (Spokane, Wash) 1961 _ Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain 1963 _ Two Russian space missions return to Earth 1967 _ Muhammad Ali is convicted for reusing induction in U.S. Army 1967 _ Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD 1986 _ Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup

Jun 18, 2008

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008

Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 170th day of 2008. There are 196 days left in the year. 1812 _ War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain 1815 _ Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington 1873 _ Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President 1915 _ Jerome Travers becomes the second amateur to win golf's U.S. Open 1940 _ Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that ``this was their finest hour" 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 1973 _ NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants

Jun 17, 2008

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008

Today is Tuesday, June 17, the 169th day of 2008. There are 197 days left in the year. 1789 _ Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly 1837 _ Charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent 1856 _ Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia 1863 _ Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford chartered (first accident insurer) 1885 _ Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship ``Isere" 1940 _ France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II 1944 _ Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland 1950 _ First kidney transplant (Chicago) 1953 _ Riots in East Germany for reunification 1982 _ President Reagan first U.N. General Assembly address (``evil empire" speech)

Jun 16, 2008

MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008

Today is Monday, June 16, the 168th day of 2008. There are 198 days left in the year. 632 _ Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era 1567 _ Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison 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 1949 _ Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie, Pa 1955 _ Pope Pius XII ex-communicated Argentine Pres Juan Peron 1963 _ Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space aboard Vostok 6 1983 _ European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10

Jun 15, 2008

SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008

Today is Saturday, June 14, the 166th day of 2008. There are 200 days left in the year. 1775 _ U.S. Army founded 1777 _ Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1881 _ Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr., Cambridge, Mass 1940 _ German forces occupied Paris during WW II 1944 _ First B-29 raid against mainland Japan 1949 _ State of Vietnam formed 1967 _ Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by 1975 _ Janis Ian releases ``At 17" 1982 _ Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict 1989 _ Nolan Ryan becomes second pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

Jun 13, 2008

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008

Today is Friday, June 13, the 165th day of 2008. There are 201 days left in the year. 1373 _ Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed 1774 _ Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves 1777 _ Marquis de Lafayette lands in U.S. 1900 _ China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians 1940 _ Paris evacuated before the German advance 1966 _ Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights 1970 _ Beatles' ``Let It Be," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 4 weeks 1971 _ New York Times began publishing ``The Pentagon Papers" 1980 _ U.N Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1981 _ 39 Unification Church couples wed in Germany

Jun 12, 2008

THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008

Today is Thursday, June 12, the 164th day of 2008. There are 202 days left in the year. 1665 _ English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1787 _ Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1812 _ Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins 1839 _ First baseball game played in America 1849 _ Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky 1898 _ Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to U.S. control 1964 - South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment 1965 - Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction" 1967 _ Israel wins 6-day war 1989 _ Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids

Jun 11, 2008

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008

Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2008. There are 203 days left in the year. 1184 B.C. _ Greeks finally captured Troy 1770 _ Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef 1919 _ Sir Barton becomes first horse to win the Triple Crown 1939 _ King & Queen of England taste first ``hot dogs" at FDR's party 1963 _ Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama 1963 _ JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is ``time to act" 1969 _ David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity" 1982 _ Movie ``ET The Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) 1987 _ Margaret Thatcher is first British P.M. in 160 years to win third cons term 1991 _ Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0

Jun 10, 2008

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2008

Today is Tuesday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2008. There are 204 days left in the year. 1720 _ Mrs. Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard 1752 _ Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning ― what a shock! 1801 _ Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute 1865 _ Wagner's ``Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich, Germany 1943 _ FDR becomes first U.S. pres to visit a foreign country during wartime 1946 _ Italian Republic established 1955 _ First separation of virus into component parts reported 1966 _ Janis Joplin's first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in S.F.) 1967 _ Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end ``6-Day War" with U.N. help 1985 _ Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula

Jun 9, 2008

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