Today's Highlight in History:
On June 9, A.D. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide.
On this date:
In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad's Hill, England.
In 1940, during World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis, effective at midnight.
In 1953, 94 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Mass.
In 1954, during the Senate-Army Hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, asking: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
In 1969, the U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the Supreme Court, succeeding Earl Warren.
In 1973, Secretariat became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.
In 1978, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men from the Mormon priesthood.
In 1980, comedian Richard Pryor suffered almost fatal burns at his San Fernando Valley, Calif., home when a mixture of "free-base" cocaine exploded.
In 1985, American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon; he was released in November 1991 with fellow hostage Terry Waite.
In 1986, the Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
Ten years ago: Air Force Gen. Joseph Ralston gave up his fight to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his candidacy doomed by the clamor over his admission that he'd had an adulterous affair years earlier.
