Today is Sunday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2010. There are 222 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On May 23, 1960, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced the capture of former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who had been hiding in Argentina. (Eichmann was tried in Israel, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and hanged in 1962.)
ON THIS DATE
@History item:In 1533, the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.
In 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.
In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.
In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was established.
In 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in nonsmokers.
A string of car bombs and suicide attacks in Iraq killed dozens of people.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress Betty Garrett is 91. Bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman is 85. Actor Nigel Davenport is 82. Actress Barbara Barrie is 79. Actress Joan Collins is 77. Actor Charles Kimbrough is 74. Rhythm-and-blues singer General Johnson (Chairmen of the Board) is 67. Actress Lauren Chapin is 65. Country singer Misty Morgan is 65.
Country singer Judy Rodman is 59. Singer Luka Bloom is 55. Actor-comedian Drew Carey is 52. Country singer Shelly West is 52. Actor Linden Ashby is 50.
Actress-model Karen Duffy is 49. Rock musician Phil Selway (Radiohead) is 43. Actress Laurel Holloman is 42. Rock musician Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) is 40. Singer Lorenzo is 38. Country singer Brian McComas is 38. Singer Maxwell is 37. Singer Jewel is 36. Actor Lane Garrison is 30. Actor Adam Wylie is 26.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.” — Eric Hoffer, American author and philosopher (1902-1983).
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