Good morning, it’s Thursday, June 12, the 164th day of 2008. There are 202 days left in the year. The forecast calls for morning clouds, afternoon sun, and highs in the 90s.
First daughter Jenna Bush passed on a Washington wedding in favor of a ceremony on the prairie at her father’s Central Texas ranch, but today is the anniversary of a celebrated White House wedding.
Thirty-seven years ago today, on June 12, 1971, Tricia Nixon, the daughter of then President Richard M. Nixon, married Edward F. Cox in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden.
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A sunset on a ranch near the city of West. The photo was taken by Benjamin Ranzinger and was selected for the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.Click here for information about the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.
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Today's Highlight in History:
On June 12th, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally
shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi; he was 37. (In
1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and
sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)
On This Date:
In 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
In 1776, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.
In 1898, Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain.
In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.
In 1963, one of Hollywood's most notoriously expensive productions, "Cleopatra," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, opened in New York.
In 1967, the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.
In 1971, Tricia Nixon and Edward F. Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden.
In 1978, David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" .44-caliber killings that had terrified New Yorkers.
In 1981, major league baseball players began a 49-day strike over the issue of free-agent compensation. (The season did not resume until August tenth.)
In 1987, President Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."
Ten years ago:
A jury in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, convicted 17-year-old Luke Woodham of killing two students and wounding seven others at Pearl High School. Space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth, bringing home the last American to live aboard Mir and closing out three years of U.S.-Russian cooperation aboard the aging space station.
Five years ago:
U.S. fighter jets bombed a suspected terrorist camp and troops stormed through Sunni Muslim towns in Iraq, seeking Saddam Hussein loyalists in one of the biggest American military assaults since the war began. Israel killed seven Palestinians in its third rocket attack in 24 hours. Air France turned the oldest of its Concordes over to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck died in Los Angeles at age 87.
One year ago:
President Bush went to Capitol Hill, where he prodded rebellious Senate Republicans to help resurrect legislation that could provide eventual citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. Afghan police mistook U.S. troops for Taliban fighters and opened fire, prompting U.S. forces to return fire and killing seven Afghan police officers. Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0. Don Herbert, television's "Mr. Wizard," died in Bell Canyon, California, at age 89.
Today's Birthdays:
Banker/philanthropist David Rockefeller is 93. Former President George H.W. Bush is 84. Singer Vic Damone is 80. Songwriter Richard Sherman is 80. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 78. Jazz musician Chick Corea is 67. Sportscaster Marv Albert is 67. Singer Roy Harper is 67. Pop singer Len Barry is 66. Rock singer Reg Presley (The Troggs) is 65. Rock singer-musician John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) is 59. Rock musician Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) is 57. Country singer-musician Junior Brown is 56. Singer-songwriter Rocky Burnette is 55. Actor Timothy Busfield is
51. Singer Meredith Brooks is 50. Actress Jenilee Harrison is 50. Rock musician John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) is 49. Rapper Grandmaster Dee (Whodini) is 46. Actress Paula Marshall is 44. Actress Frances O'Connor is 41. Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 31. Actor Wil Horneff is 29. Singer Robyn is 29.
Thought for Today:
: "It is easier to love humanity as a whole
than to love one's neighbor." -- Eric Hoffer, American philosopher
(1902-1983).
(Source: Associated Press)
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