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Re: 6/24/2014
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2014, 02:34:14 AM »

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 24, 1964, AT&T inaugurated commercial "Picturephone" service between New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., as Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the president, called Dr. Elizabeth A. Wood of Bell Laboratories in New York. (Requiring the use of video booths, with a 3-minute call from Washington to New York costing $16, and a $27 charge for a 3-minute call between New York and Chicago, Picturephone never caught on.)
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« Reply #31 on: June 24, 2014, 02:35:04 AM »

In 1314, the forces of Scotland's Robert the Bruce defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.
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« Reply #32 on: June 24, 2014, 02:35:29 AM »

In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.
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« Reply #33 on: June 24, 2014, 02:35:55 AM »

In 1793, the first republican constitution in France was adopted.
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« Reply #34 on: June 24, 2014, 02:36:20 AM »

In 1880, "O Canada," the future Canadian national anthem, was first performed in Quebec City.
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« Reply #35 on: June 24, 2014, 02:36:47 AM »

In 1908, the 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 71.
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« Reply #36 on: June 24, 2014, 02:37:16 AM »

In 1939, the Southeast Asian country Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It went back to being Siam in 1945, then became Thailand once again in 1949.)
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« Reply #37 on: June 24, 2014, 02:37:35 AM »

In 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.
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« Reply #38 on: June 24, 2014, 02:38:01 AM »

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift.
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« Reply #39 on: June 24, 2014, 02:38:37 AM »

In 1968, "Resurrection City," a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People's March on Washington D.C., was closed down by authorities.
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« Reply #40 on: June 24, 2014, 02:39:02 AM »

In 1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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« Reply #41 on: June 24, 2014, 02:39:51 AM »

In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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« Reply #42 on: June 24, 2014, 02:40:20 AM »

In 1993, David Gelernter, a Yale University computer scientist, was seriously injured by a mail bomb sent from the Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski.
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« Reply #43 on: June 24, 2014, 02:41:03 AM »

Ten years ago: Federal investigators questioned President George W. Bush for more than an hour in connection with the news leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. In a bizarre conclusion to a huge upset, the chair umpire called the wrong score in the second tiebreaker, and Venus Williams fell 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to Karolina Sprem in the second round at Wimbledon.
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« Reply #44 on: June 24, 2014, 02:41:29 AM »

Five years ago: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair, and said he would resign as head of the Republican Governors Association. Ed Thomas, the football coach of Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa for 34 years, was gunned down by former player Mark Becker. (Becker was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced plans to double the number of best picture nominees to 10 for the 2010 Oscar ceremony. (The winner under this revised system was "The Hurt Locker.")
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