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Today in History
Today is Tuesday, June 16, the 167th day of 2009. There are 198 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 16, 1858, as he accepted the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
On this date:
In 1897, the government signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii.
In 1903, Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act became law. (It was later struck down by the Supreme Court.)
In 1958, the Supreme Court, in Kent v. Dulles, ruled that artist Rockwell Kent could not be denied a passport because of his communist affiliations.
In 1959, actor George Reeves, TV’s “Superman,” was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bedroom of his Beverly Hills, Calif., home; he was 45.
In 1963, the world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok Six.
In 1976, riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto.
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Joan Van Ark is 66. Actor Geoff Pierson is 60. Boxer Roberto Duran is 58. Actress Laurie Metcalf is 54. Model-actress Jenny Shimizu is 42. Actor James Patrick Stuart is 41. Actor Clifton Collins Jr. is 39. Actor John Cho is 37. Actor Eddie Cibrian is 36. Actress China Shavers is 32. Actress Missy Peregrym is 27. Actress Olivia Hack is 26. Singer Diana DeGarmo (“American Idol”) is 22.
Thought for Today: “Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worse. Not to hope is unthinkable. Not to care is unforgivable.” — Nigerian saying.
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County fair
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Missing teen found
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Stolen AEN rack found
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Game on!
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Cub scout kick-off
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Seminole man charged with rape
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3 people hurt in 3-car pile up
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