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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - June 15th
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:13:40 -0400


Today is Thursday, June 15th, the 167th day of 2000.
There are 199 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On June 15th, 1215, King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great
Charter") at Runnymede, England, granting his barons more liberty.

On this date:
In 1520, Pope Leo the Tenth threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther
if he did not recant his religious beliefs.

In 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint
George Washington head of the Continental Army.

In 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state.

In 1849, James Polk, the eleventh president of the United States, died
in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order
establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National
Cemetery.

In 1904, more than a thousand people died when fire erupted aboard the
steamboat "General Slocum" in New York's East River.

In 1944, American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan
during World War Two. Meanwhile, B-29 Superfortresses made their first
raids on Japan.

In 1960, the Billy Wilder movie "The Apartment," starring Jack Lemmon
and Shirley MacLaine, opened in New York.

In 1978, King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa
Halaby, who became Queen Noor.

In 1994, Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.

Ten years ago: Real estate mogul Donald Trump missed a payment due on
junk bonds used to finance one of his Atlantic City, New Jersey,
resorts.

Five years ago: President Clinton met with Japanese Prime Minister
Tomiichi Murayama on the opening day of a Group of Seven summit in
Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Simpson
struggled to don a pair of gloves that prosecutors said were worn the
night Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, were
murdered.

One year ago: Thousands of Ethnic Albanian refugees flooded back into
Kosovo while thousands of Serbs fled. Vessels from North Korea and
South Korea clashed on the Yellow Sea; about 30 North Korean sailors
are believed to have died. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake in central
Mexico killed at least 17 people.

Today's Birthdays:
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo is 68.
Singer Waylon Jennings is 63.
Actor Aron Kincaid is 57.
Actor-director Simon Callow is 51.
Singer Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply) is 51.
Rock singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) is 49.
Comedian-actor Jim Belushi is 46.
Country singer Terri Gibbs is 46.
Actress Julie Hagerty is 45.
Actress Eileen Davidson ("The Young and the Restless") is 41.
Actress Helen Hunt is 37.
Rock musician Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche) is 37.
Actress Courteney Cox Arquette is 36.
Country musician Tony Ardoin is 36.
Country musician Michael Britt (Lonestar) is 34.
Rock musician Jimmy McD (formerly of Jimmie's Chicken Shack) is 32.
Actor-rapper Ice Cube is 31.
Actress Leah Remini is 30.
Actor Jake Busey is 29.
Rock musician T-Bone Willy (Save Ferris) is 28.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris is 27.

Thought for Today:

"Faith and doubt both are needed -- not as antagonists, but working
side by side -- to take us around the unknown curve."

-- Lillian Smith, American author (1897-1966).


(Copyright 2000 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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