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From: "JUDY NISBET" <>
Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - June 22nd
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:14:26 -0700


Happy, happy wedding anniversary!!! Hope ya have many more!!

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From: Debbie Cornejo <>
To: <>
Date: June 22, 1999 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - June 22nd

>and today is my 8th wedding anniversary!!
>debs..
>
>Mary Minnich wrote:
>
>> Today is Tuesday, June 22nd, the 173rd day of 1999.
>> There are 192 days left in the year.
>>
>> Today's Highlight in History:
>> On June 22nd, 1945, the World War Two battle for Okinawa officially
ended;
>> 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the 81-day campaign.
>>
>> On this date:
>> In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time.
>>
>> In 1868, Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
>>
>> In 1870, Congress created the Department of Justice.
>>
>> In 1938, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling
in
>> the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.
>>
>> In 1940, during World War Two, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as
>> France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces
>> overran Paris.
>>
>> In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War Two.
>>
>> In 1944, President Roosevelt signed the "G-I Bill of Rights."
>>
>> In 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47.
>>
>> In 1970, President Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to 18.
>>
>> In 1993, former first lady Pat Nixon died in Park Ridge, New Jersey, at
age
>> 81.
>>
>> Ten years ago: The government of Angola and the anti-Communist rebels of
the
>> UNITA movement agreed to a formal truce in their 14-year-old civil war.
>>
>> Five years ago: President Clinton announced North Korea had confirmed its
>> willingness to freeze its nuclear program. The Houston Rockets defeated
the
>> New York Knicks 90-to-84 to win the NBA championship.
>>
>> One year ago: The Supreme Court made it much harder for students who are
>> sexually harassed by teachers to hold school districts financially
>> responsible, ruling 5-to-4 that a key anti-bias law applies only if
>> administrators know about the misconduct. Actress Maureen O'Sullivan died
in
>> Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 87.
>>
>> Today's Birthdays:
>> Movie director Billy Wilder is 93.
>> Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh is 93.
>> Fashion designer Bill Blass is 77.
>> Actor Ralph Waite is 71.
>> Country singer Roy Drusky is 69.
>> Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat, California) is 66.
>> Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 63.
>> CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley is 58.
>> Actor Michael Lerner is 58.
>> Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 56.
>> Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 55.
>> Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 55.
>> Actor Andrew Rubin is 53.
>> Actor David L. Lander is 52.
>> Singer Howard "Eddie" Kaylan is 52.
>> Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 51.
>> Actress Meryl Streep is 50.
>> Actress Lindsay Wagner is 50.
>> Singer Alan Osmond is 50.
>> Actor Murphy Cross is 49.
>> Actor Graham Greene is 47.
>> Actor Chris Lemmon is 45.
>> Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 42.
>> Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 41.
>> Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 40.
>> Actress Tracy Pollan is 39.
>> Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 38.
>> Rock singer-musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 35.
>> Actress Amy Brenneman is 35.
>> Actress Paula Irvine is 31.
>> Rock singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) isT 29.
>> Rock musician Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 26.
>> Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 14.
>>
>> Thought for Today:
>>
>> "One is easily fooled by that which one loves."
>> -- Moliere, French actor-playwright (1622-1673).
>>
>> (Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
>>
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