The almanac

By United Press International   |   June 10, 2002 at 3:30 AM   |   0 comments

Today is Monday, June 10, the 161st day of 2002 with 204 to follow.

The moon is new.

The morning star is Mercury.

The evening stars are Venus, Mars and Jupiter.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include British explorer of Africa Henry Stanley in 1841; Academy Award-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar, in 1895; Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1921 (age 81); singer Judy Garland in 1922; children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak in 1928 (age 74); attorney F. Lee Bailey in 1933 (age 69); actor Andrew Stevens in 1955 (age 47); model Linda Evangelista and model/actress Elizabeth Hurley, both in 1965 (age 37); and Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski and actress Leelee Sobieski, both in 1982 (age 20).


On this date in history:

In 1652, silversmith John Hull, in defiance of English colonial law, established the first mint in America.

In 1898, U.S. Marines invaded Cuba in the Spanish-American War.

In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.

In 1942, the German Gestapo burned the tiny Czech village of Lidice after shooting 173 men and shipping the women and children to concentration camps.

In 1943, Hungarian Laszlo Biro invented the ball-point pen.

In 1987, South Koreans demanding free elections launched a wave of violent demonstrations.

In 1989, the Rev. Jerry Falwell said his conservative lobbying group, the Moral Majority, had accomplished its goals and would be disbanded.

In 1991, Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, spewing debris as far as 20 miles away.

In 1992, Texas law officers urged a boycott of Time-Warner and Warner Bros. over a recording by rap artist Ice-T that they said encouraged the shooting of officers.

In 1994, President Clinton froze most financial transactions between the United States and Haiti and suspended all commercial flights to the Caribbean nation, effective June 25.

In 1995, Cuba announced the arrest of U.S. financier-turned-fugitive Robert Vesco on spying charges. Vesco had fled the United States in 1972 ahead of embezzlement charges.

In 1996, Anthony Marceca confirmed to Congress that he ran FBI background checks from the White House, using a list of White House pass holders that included many officials from the previous administration. Marceca says he looked for derogatory information and gave it to his boss, Craig Livingstone.

In 1998, a jury in Jacksonville, Fla., found the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. liable in the lung cancer death of a smoker. The jury awarded his family $950,000, including $450,000 in punitive damages -- the first such assessment in a smoking-related lawsuit.

In 1999, NATO suspended its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.

In 2000, Syrian President Assad died from a heart attack at age 69. He had ruled Syria since 1970.


A thought for the day: Joseph Joubert wrote, "Children need models more than they need critics."

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