Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 159th day of 2010. There are 206 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)
ON THIS DATE
In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died.
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party’s convention.
In 1948, the “Texaco Star Theater” made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle guest-hosting the first program. (Berle was later named permanent host.)
In 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
In 1978, a jury ruled the so-called “Mormon will,” purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
In 1995, U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O’Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.
In 2009, North Korea’s highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years hard labor for trespassing and “hostile acts.” (The women were pardoned in August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.)
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