Jun 28, 2008 3:00 am US/Eastern
Today In History - June 28, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Today is Saturday, June 28, the 180th day of
2008. There are 186 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 28th, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria and his wife,
Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo
by a Serb nationalist—the event that triggered World War I.
On this date:
In 1491, England's
King Henry VIII was born at Greenwich.
In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took
place in New Jersey;
it was from this battle that the legend of "Molly Pitcher" arose.
In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, died in Montpelier, Virginia.
In 1838, Britain's
Queen Victoria
was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending
the First World War.
In 1928, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith was nominated
for president at the Democratic national convention in Houston.
In 1939, Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic
air service.
In 1944, the Republican national convention in Chicago nominated New
York Governor Thomas E. Dewey for president and Ohio Governor John W. Bricker
for vice president.
In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul,
the capital of South Korea.
In 1978, the Supreme Court ordered the University of
California-Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke, a white man who argued he'd
been a victim of reverse racial discrimination.
Ten years ago: The 12th World AIDS Conference
opened in Geneva.
The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to the Chiquita banana company as it
retracted stories questioning the company's business practices; the paper
agreed to pay more than 10 million dollars to settle legal claims.
Five years ago: After days of intense searching by ground
and air, U.S. forces found
the bodies of two soldiers missing north of Baghdad, as the toll of American dead since
the start of war topped the grim milestone of 200.
One year ago: The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down
school integration plans in Louisville, Kentucky, and Seattle,
a decision that was denounced hours later by Democratic presidential candidates
in their third primary debate. President Bush's immigration plan to legalize as
many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in
the Senate. The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species
list.
Today's Birthdays: Blues singer-musician David "Honeyboy"
Edwards is 93. Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 82. Senate Armed Services
Chairman Carl Levin (Democrat, Michigan)
is 74. Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta is 70. Rock musician Dave
Knights (Procul Harum) is 63. Actor Bruce Davison is 62. Actress Kathy Bates is
60. Actress Alice Krige is 54. Football Hall of Famer John Elway is 48. Record
company chief executive Tony Mercedes is 46. Actress Jessica Hecht is 43. Rock
musician Saul Davies (James) is 43. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 42. Actor
John Cusack is 42. Actor Gil Bellows is 41. Actress-singer Danielle Brisebois
is 39. Jazz musician Jimmy Sommers is 39. Actress Tichina Arnold is 37. Actor
Alessandro Nivola is 36. Actress Camille Guaty is 32. Rock musician Tim
Nordwind (OK Go) is 32. Rock musician Mark Stoermer (The Killers) is 31.
Country singer Kellie Pickler is 22.
Thought for Today: "The secret of a man who is universally
interesting is that he is universally interested."—William Dean Howells,
American author (1837-1920).
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