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Juneteenth Eve OT (06.18.14) - Lotsa British For Yo A**!!!!

RIP, Richard. We will miss you, dearly....

1812 The United States declared war against Britain.
1815 British and Prussian troops defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Belgium.
1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
1948 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted the International Declaration of Human Rights.
1948 Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record.
1979 President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
1983 Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
2002 A Palestinian detonated a nail-studded bomb in a Jerusalem bus, killing 19 passengers and himself.
2004 European Union leaders agreed on the first constitution for the bloc's 25 members.
2006 Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion.
2011 Saxophone player Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band died at age 69.

BIRTHDAYS!!!!

Sir Paul McCartney turns 72 today.

1939 Lou Brock, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 75
1950 Mike Johanns, U.S. senator, R-Neb., turns 64
1952 Carol Kane, Actress, turns 62
1952 Isabella Rossellini, Actress, turns 62
1961 Alison Moyet, Rock singer, turns 53
1963 Bruce Smith, Football Hall of Famer, turns 51
1976 Alana de la Garza, Actress ("Law and Order"), turns 38
1980 Antonio Gates, Football player, turns 34