 Today's Highlight in History:
On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis
near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the
Atlantic Ocean.
On this date:
In 1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for
gold along the Mississippi River.
In 1832, the first Democratic National Convention got under way in
Baltimore.
In 1840, New Zealand was declared a British colony.
In 1861, the Confederate Congress, meeting in Montgomery, Ala.,
voted to move the capital of the Confederacy from Montgomery to
Richmond, Va.
In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
In 1892, the opera "Pagliacci," by Ruggero Leoncavallo, was first
performed, in Milan, Italy.
In 1924, 14-year-old Bobby Franks was
murdered in a "thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and
Richard Loeb, two students at the University of Chicago.
In 1956, the U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
In 1979, former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White was
convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slayings of Mayor George
Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
In 1982, during the Falklands War, British amphibious forces landed
on the beach at San Carlos Bay.
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Ten years ago: Prosecutors at the Oklahoma City bombing trial of
Timothy McVeigh rested their case. The space shuttle Atlantis
undocked from the Russian Mir space station.
Five years ago: President Bush warned that al-Qaida terrorists
still "want to hurt us," while his Pentagon chief, Donald
Rumsfeld, said terrorists inevitably will acquire weapons of
mass destruction from countries like Iraq, Iran or North Korea.
One year ago: Iraq's new prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki,
promised to use "maximum force" if necessary to end the brutal
insurgent and sectarian violence racking his country. Anthony
Bell of Baton Rouge, La., was arrested after allegedly shooting
to death four in-laws at a church and his wife in another
location. Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer, author and
civil rights activist, died in New York at age 96. Grand Ole
Opry legend Billy Walker died in a traffic accident along an
Alabama interstate highway; he was 77.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Jeanne Bates ("Ben Casey") is 89.
Actor David Groh is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The
Isley Brothers) is 66. Actor Richard Hatch ("Battlestar
Galactica") is 62. Musician Bill Champlin (Chicago) is 60.
Singer Leo Sayer is 59. Actress Carol Potter is 59.
Comedian/radio talk show host Al Franken is 56. Actor Mr. T is
55. Music producer Stan Lynch is 52. Actor Judge Reinhold is 50.
Actor-director Nick Cassavetes is 48. Actor Brent Briscoe is 46.
Actress Lisa Edelstein is 39. Jazz musician Christian McBride is
35. Actress Fairuza Balk is 33. Rapper Havoc (Mobb Deep) is 33.
Actress Ashlie Brillault is 20. Actor Scott Leavenworth is 17.
Actress Sarah Ramos is 16.
Thought for Today: "Originality does not consist in saying what
no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you
think yourself." -- James Stephens, Irish poet and novelist
(1882-1950).
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