Baby Boomers Recognition Day
England: Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon begin (June 23-July 6). See www.wimbledon.org
Birth anniversary of British mathematician, logician and cryptographer Alan Turing—father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence (1912-54).
Birth anniversaries of June Carter Cash (1929-2004), Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956), and Wilma Rudolph (1940-94).
Happy Birthday! Bryan Brown, Frances McDormand, Clarence Thomas
1836 - The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer."
1884 - A Chinese Army defeated the French at Bacle, Indochina.
1902 - Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy renewed the Triple Alliance for a 12 year duration.
1947 - The U.S. Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation.
2004 - The U.S. proposed that North Korea agree to a series of nuclear disarmament measures over a three-month period in exchange for economic benefits.
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