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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - June 28th
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:11:06 -0400


Today is Monday, June 28th, the 179th day of 1999.
There are 186 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On June 28th, 1914, Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia,
were assassinated in Sarajevo (sah-ruh-YAY'-voh) by a Serb nationalist --
the event which triggered World War One.

On this date:
In 1491, England's King Henry the Eighth was born at Greenwich.

In 1778, "Molly Pitcher" (Mary Ludwig Hays) carried water to American
soldiers at the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey.

In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, died in
Montpelier, Virginia.

In 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY') was signed in France, ending
the First World War.

In 1919, Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence,
Missouri.

In 1928, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith was nominated for president at
the Democratic national convention in Houston.

In 1939, Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service as
the "Dixie Clipper" left Port Washington, New York, for Portugal.

In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul (sohl), South Korea.

In 1996, the Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only
policy at the South Carolina military school.

Ten years ago: China's new Communist Party chief, Jiang Zemin (jahng
zuh-meen), said the Beijing government would show no mercy to leaders of the
crushed pro-democracy movement, which he termed a "counterrevolutionary
rebellion."

Five years ago: North and South Korea set July 25-27 as the dates for a
historic summit between the leaders of both countries (the summit was
derailed by the death of North Korean President Kim Il Sung the following
month.) President Clinton became the first chief executive in US history to
set up a personal legal defense fund and ask Americans to contribute to it.

One year ago: The 12th World AIDS Conference opened in Geneva. The
Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to the Chiquita banana company as it
retracted stories questioning the company's business practices; the paper
agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle legal claims.

Today's Birthdays:
Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 73.
Actor Pat Morita is 67.
Senator Carl Levin (Democrat, Michigan) is 65.
Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta is 61.
Rock musician Dave Knights (Procul Harum) is 54.
Actor Bruce Davison is 53.
Actress Kathy Bates is 51.
Actress Alice Krige is 45.
Football player John Elway is 39.
Record company chief executive Tony Mercedes is 37.
Actress Jessica Hecht is 34.
Rock musician Saul Davies (James) is 34.
Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 33.
Actor John Cusack is 33.
Actor Gil Bellows is 32.
Actress Danielle Brisebois is 30.
Jazz musician Jimmy Sommers is 30.

Thought for Today:

"The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents."

-- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, American social reformer (1830-1917).

(Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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