历史上的今天:06月08日

Today's Highlight in History:
On June eighth, A.D. 632, the prophet Mohammed died.
On this date:
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 1861, Tennessee seceded¹ from the Union.

In 1876, author George Sand died in Nohant, France.

In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over US handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.

In 1942, Bing Crosby recorded "Adeste Fideles" and "Silent Night" in Los Angeles for Decca Records.

In 1953, the Supreme² Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.

In 1967, 34 US servicemen were killed when Israeli forces raided the Liberty, a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean³. (Israel called the attack a tragic⁴ mistake.)

In 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.

In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly⁵ written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery⁶.

In 1982, President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint⁷ session of the British Parliament.

Ten years ago: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir announced he had succeeded in forming a new right-wing coalition⁸ government, ending a three-month-old political crisis.

Five years ago: US Marines rescued Captain Scott O'Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June second. Mickey Mantle⁹ received a liver transplant at a Dallas hospital; however, the baseball great succumbed¹⁰ to disease two months later.

One year ago: The United States, Russia and six leading democracies authorized¹¹ a text calling for a peacekeeping force in Kosovo. President Clinton announced new restrictions¹² aimed at making it tougher for teens to sneak¹³ into R-rated movies.