Today is Sunday, June 24, the 175th day of 2007. There are 190 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 24, 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the massive Berlin Airlift.
On this date:
1314, the forces of Scotland's King Robert I defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.
1340 The English fleet defeats the French fleet at Sluys, off the Flemish coast.
1497 Explorer John Cabot lands in North America in present-day Canada.
1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England.
1664 The colony of New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, is founded.
1647 Margaret Brent, demands a voice and a vote for herself in the Maryland colonial assembly.
1675 King Philip's War begins.
1793, the first republican constitution in France was adopted.
1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor. He was later acquitted.
1812 Napoleon crosses the Nieman River and invades Russia.
1859 At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle of the Three Sovereigns, the French army, led by Napoleon III, defeats the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I.
1861 Federal gunboats attack Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, Virginia.
1862 U.S. intervention saves the British and French at the Dagu forts in China.
1869 Mary Ellen "Mammy" Pleasant officially became the Voodoo Queen in San Francisco, CA.
1896 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to receive an honorary MA degree from Howard University.
1900 First car at Yosemite: Oliver Lippincott became the first motorist in Yosemite National Park, when he drove there in his Locomobile steamer. Lippincott would start a trend with his visit, as motorists increasingly chose to drive to National Parks, avoiding the more time-consuming train and coach rides
1908, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, N.J., at age 71.
1910 The Japanese army invades Korea.
1913 Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria following border disputes over Macedonia and Thrace.
1922 The American Professional Football Association took the name of The National Football League.
1931 The Soviet Union and Afghanistan sign a treaty of neutrality.
1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.
1940 TV cameras were used for the first time in a political convention as the Republicans convened in Philadelphia, PA.
1941 President Franklin Roosevelt pledges all possible support to the Soviet Union.
1943 Royal Air Force Bombers hammer Muelheim, Germany, in a drive to cripple the Ruhr industrial base.
1948 The Soviet Union begins the Berlin Blockade, America responds with the Berlin Airlift.
1953 John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announce their engagement.
1955 Soviet MIG's down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait.
1964 The Federal Trade Commission announces that, starting in 1965, cigarette makers must include warning labels about the harmful effects of smoking.
1968, Resurrection City, a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People's March on Washington, D.C., was closed down by authorities.
1970 The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
1971 McCabe and Mrs. Miller debuts
1971 The National Basketball Association modified its four-year eligibility rule to allow for collegiate hardship cases.
1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
1987, comedian-actor Jackie Gleason died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at age 71.
1997 Eighteen-year-old, Melissa Drexler, was charged with murder in the death of her baby. Drexler had given birth during her prom.
1998 AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable TV giant, Tele-Communications Inc., for $31.7 billion.
1998 Walt Disney World Resort admitted its 600-millionth guest.
2002 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must make the decision to give a convicted killer the death penalty.
2002 A painting from Monet's Waterlilies series sold for $20.2 million.
2003 In Paris, France, manuscripts by novelist Georges Simenon brought in $325,579. The original manuscript of "La Mort de Belle" raised $81,705.
Ten years ago:
In Freehold, N.J., 18-year-old Melissa Drexler, who gave birth during her prom, pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of her baby. (Drexler later pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, and served three years in prison.)
The Air Force released a report on the so-called "Roswell Incident," suggesting the alien bodies that witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually life-sized dummies.
Actor Brian Keith was found dead in his Malibu, Calif., home; he was 75.
Five years ago:
President Bush urged the Palestinians to replace Yasser Arafat with leaders "not compromised by terror" and adopt democratic reforms that could produce an independent state within three years.
The Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must decide whether a convicted killer lives or dies.
A train crash in central Tanzania killed at least 288 people.
One year ago:
Patsy Ramsey, who was thrust into the national spotlight by the unsolved slaying of her daughter JonBenet, died in Roswell, Ga., at age 49.
Today's Birthdays:
1813 Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman.
1842 Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist (The Friend's Delight, The Devil's Dictionary).
1848 Brooks Adams, American historian, son of Charles Francis Adams (The Law of Civilization and Decay).
1883 Victor Francis Hess, physicist.
1895 Jack Dempsey, American boxer and world heavyweight champion.
1901 Harry Partch, composer.
1912 Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review.
1915 Fred Hoyle, British mathematician and astronomer.
1916 John Ciardi, poet.
Actor Al Molinaro is 88.
Comedian Jack Carter is 84.
Movie director Claude Chabrol is 77.
Actress Michele Lee is 65.
Musician Mick Fleetwood is 65.
Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 64.
Rock musician Jeff Beck is 63.
Singer Arthur Brown is 63.
Rock singer Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) is 62.
Actor Peter Weller is 60.
Rock musician John Illsley (Dire Straits) is 58.
Actress Nancy Allen is 57.
Reggae singer Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru) is 57.
Actor Joe Penny is 51.
Reggae singer Astro (UB40) is 50.
Singer-musician Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark) is 48. Rock singer Curt Smith is 46.
Actress Danielle Spencer is 42.
Actress Sherry Stringfield is 40.
Singer Glenn Medeiros is 37.
Actress Minka Kelly (TV: "Friday Night Lights") is 27.
Singer Solange Knowles is 21.
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