Today is Thursday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2018. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins at 6:07 a.m. Eastern time.
Today’s highlight: On June 21, 1788, the U.S. Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.
On this date:
In 1377, King Edward III died after ruling England for 50 years; he was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
In 1932, heavyweight Max Schmeling lost a title fight rematch in New York by decision to Jack Sharkey, prompting Schmeling’s manager, Joe Jacobs, to exclaim: “We was robbed!”
In 1942, German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk during World War II. (Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal; Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in November 1942.) An Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage.
In 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney were slain in Philadelphia, Mississippi; their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later.
In 1977, Menachem Begin of the Likud bloc became Israel’s sixth prime minister.
Today’s birthdays: Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is 74. Actress Meredith Baxter is 71. Rock musician Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) is 68. Rock musician Nils Lofgren is 67. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is 58. Actor Chris Pratt is 39.
Thought for today: “It is only on paper that one moralizes — just where one shouldn’t.” — Richard Le Gallienne, English poet and essayist (1866-1947).
— Associated Press
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