Today's Highlight in History:
On June 29th, 1970, the United States ended a two-month military offensive into Cambodia.
On this date:
In 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts, which imposed import duties on certain goods shipped to America. Colonists1 bitterly protested the Acts, which were repealed2 in 1770.
In 1776, the Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry made governor.
In 1941, Polish statesman, pianist and composer Ignace Jan Paderewski died in New York at age 80.
In 1946, British authorities arrested more than 27-hundred Jews in Palestine in an attempt to stamp out alleged3 terrorism.
In 1949, the government of South Africa enacted4 a ban against racially-mixed marriages.
In 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission voted against re-instating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified information.
In 1966, the United States bombed fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.
In 1967, Jerusalem was re-unified as Israel removed barricades5 separating the Old City from the Israeli sector6.
In 1972, the Supreme7 Court ruled the death penalty, as it was being meted8 out, could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." (The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.)
In 1988, the Supreme Court upheld, 7-to-1, the independent counsel law.
Ten years ago: Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers9 and Dave Stewart of the Oakland A's became the first pitchers10 to hurl11 no-hitters in both the National and American Leagues on the same day. (Oakland shut out the Blue Jays, 5-to-0, while Los Angeles blanked the St. Louis Cardinals12, 6-to-0.)
Five years ago: The shuttle "Atlantis" and the space station "Mir" docked in orbit. A department store in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed13, killing14 at least 500 people. Actress Lana Turner died in Century City, California, at age 74.
One year ago: Urging the biggest expansion in Medicare's history, President Clinton proposed that the government help older Americans pay for prescription15 drugs. Ten-thousand demonstrators rallied in central Serbia, demanding the resignation of President Slobodan Milosevic. Abdullah Ocalan, leader of Turkey's rebel Kurds, was convicted of treason and sentenced to death.