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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - June 4th
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 05:31:53 -0400


Today is Sunday, June fourth, the 156th day of 2000.
There are 210 days left in the year.


Today's highlight in history:
On June fourth, 1940, the Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk,
France, ended.

On this date:
In 1812, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.

In 1892, the Sierra Club was incorporated in San Francisco.

In 1939, the SS "St. Louis," carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees
from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast.

In 1942, the Battle of Midway began during World War Two.

In 1944, the US Fifth Army began liberating Rome during World War Two.

In 1947, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the
Taft-Hartley Act.

In 1954, French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc
initialed treaties in Paris according "complete independence" to
Vietnam.

In 1986, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst,
pleaded guilty in Washington to spying for Israel. (He is serving a
life prison term.)

In 1989, hundreds, possibly thousands of people died as Chinese army
troops stormed Beijing to crush a pro-democracy movement.

In 1998, a federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for
his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Ten years ago: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev closed out his US
visit in northern California, where he held a reunion with former
President Reagan and met with South Korean President Roh Tae-woo in
San Francisco, and addressed students at Stanford University in Palo
Alto.

Five years ago: At the Tony Awards, "Sunset Boulevard" won best
Broadway musical while "Love! Valour! Compassion!" by Terrence McNally
was chosen best play.

One year ago: Using a provision of the Constitution allowing him to
bypass the Senate, President Clinton appointed openly gay San
Francisco businessman James C. Hormel ambassador to Luxembourg while
Congress was in recess. On the tenth anniversary of China's crackdown
on the Tiananmen Square protests, tens of thousands of people in Hong
Kong held a candlelight vigil.

Today's Birthdays:
Former Senator Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat, Ohio) is 83.
Opera singer Robert Merrill is 81.
Actor Dennis Weaver is 76.
Actor John Drew Barrymore is 68.
Actor Bruce Dern is 64.
Country singer Freddy Fender is 63.
Musician Roger Ball (ex-Average White Band) is 56.
Jazz musician Anthony Braxton is 55.
Singer Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon) is 55.
Rock musician Danny Brown (The Fixx) is 49.
Actor Parker Stevenson is 48.
Actor Keith David is 44.
Actress Julie Gholson is 42.
Actor Eddie Velez is 42.
Singer-musician El DeBarge is 39.
Tennis player Andrea Jaeger is 35.
Actor Scott Wolf is 32.
Actor Noah Wyle is 29.

Thought for Today:

"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion.
To attack the first is not to assail the last."
-- Charlotte Bronte, English novelist (1816-1855).

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

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