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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - June 29th
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 06:20:51 -0400


Today is Tuesday, June 29th, the 180th day of 1999.
There are 185 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On June 29th, 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue
Acts, which imposed import duties on such things as glass, lead, paint,
paper and tea shipped to America. Colonists bitterly protested the Acts,
which were repealed in 1770.

On this date:
In 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry made
governor.

In 1941, Polish statesman, pianist and composer Ignace Jan Paderewski
(een-YAHS' yahn pah-dehr-EF'-skee) died in New York at age 80.

In 1946, British authorities arrested more than 27-hundred Jews in Palestine
in an attempt to stamp out alleged terrorism.

In 1949, the government of South Africa enacted a ban against racially-mixed
marriages.

In 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission voted against re-instating Dr. J.
Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified information.

In 1966, the United States bombed fuel storage facilities near the North
Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong (HY'-fong).

In 1967, Jerusalem was re-unified as Israel removed barricades separating
the Old City from the Israeli sector.

In 1970, the United States ended a two-month military offensive into
Cambodia.

In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty, as it was being meted
out, could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." (The ruling prompted
states to revise their capital punishment laws.)

In 1988, the Supreme Court, in a seven-to-one decision, upheld the power of
independent counsels to prosecute illegal acts by high-ranking government
officials.

Ten years ago: The US House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of
new sanctions against China because of its crackdown on the pro-democracy
movement.

Five years ago: In a British TV documentary, Prince Charles said he'd been
faithful in his marriage to Princess Diana "until it became irretrievably
broken down."

One year ago: Students at Peking University peppered President Clinton with
polite but critical questions about America's human rights record, Taiwan
policy and views on China in an exchange televised live across the vast
nation. With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the NBA
announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.

Today's Birthdays:
Actress Ruth Warrick is 84.
Dancer-choreographer Fred Kelly is 83.
Actor Ian Bannen is 71.
Movie producer Robert Evans is 69.
Actor Gary Busey is 55.
Singer Little Eva is 54.
Comedian Richard Lewis is 52.
Actor Fred Grandy is 51.
Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 51.
Rock singer Colin Hay (Men At Work) is 46.
Actress Maria Conchita Alonso is 42.
Singer Evelyn "Champagne" King is 39.
Actress Sharon Lawrence is 38.
Actress Amanda Donohoe is 37.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Stedman Pearson (Five Star) is 35.

Thought for Today:

"He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not
progress, the highest lesson of statecraft."
-- James Russell Lowell, American essayist (1819-1891).

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

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