TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, June 5, the 156th day of 2015. There are 209 days left
in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert
F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel after
claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary.
Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested. On this date: In
1794, Congress passed the Neutrality Act, which prohibited Americans
from taking part in any military action against a country that was at
peace with the United States. In 1884, Civil War hero Gen. William T.
Sherman refused the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will
not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected. In 1933, the
United States went off the gold standard. In 1940, during the World War
II Battle of France, Germany attacked French forces along the Somme
line. In 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall gave a speech at
Harvard University in which he outlined an aid program for Europe that
came to be known as The Marshall Plan. In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court,
in Henderson v. United States, struck down racially segregated railroad
dining cars. In 1963, Britain's Secretary of State for War, John
Profumo, resigned after acknowledging an affair with call girl
Christine Keeler, who was also involved with a Soviet spy, and lying to
Parliament about it. In 1967, war erupted in the Mideast as Israel
raided military aircraft parked on the ground in Egypt; Syria, Jordan
and Iraq entered the conflict. In 1975, Egypt reopened the Suez Canal
to international shipping, eight years after it was closed because of
the 1967 war with Israel. In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control
reported that five homosexuals in Los Angeles had come down with a rare
kind of pneumonia; they were the first recognized cases of what later
became known as AIDS. In 1999, jazz and pop singer Mel Torme died in
Los Angeles at age 73. The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the first
devoted to any women's sport, opened in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 2004,
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in
Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Ten years ago: "Monty Python's Spamalot" won three Tony Awards,
including best musical; the musical play "The Light in the Piazza" won
six prizes, while "Doubt" was named best drama. Spanish teenager Rafael
Nadal beat unseeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
to win the French Open men's singles title. Five years ago: Israeli
forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel, the Rachel Corrie, without
meeting resistance days after a similar effort turned bloody. Finance
ministers and central bankers from the world's leading economies
meeting in Busan, South Korea, agreed on the need to cooperate in
fending off financial market turmoil and keeping the world economic
recovery on track. Francesca Schiavone beat Samantha Stosur of
Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (2), to win the French Open, giving Italy its first
female champion at a Grand Slam tournament. Drosselmeyer pulled off an
upset in the Belmont Stakes. One year ago: President Barack Obama said
he "absolutely makes no apologies" for seeking the release of Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl in a prisoner swap with the Taliban, vigorously defending an
exchange that caused controversy. A gunman opened fire at Seattle
Pacific University, killing one student and wounding two others.
(Suspect Aaron Ybarra has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.)
Today's Birthdays: Actor-singer Bill Hayes is 90. Broadcast journalist
Bill Moyers is 81. Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark is 76.
Author Margaret Drabble is 76. Country singer Don Reid (The Statler
Brothers) is 70. Rock musician Fred Stone (AKA Fred Stewart) (Sly and
the Family Stone) is 68. Rock singer Laurie Anderson is 68. Country
singer Gail Davies is 67. Author Ken Follett is 66. Financial guru Suze
Orman is 64. Rock musician Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) is 63. Jazz
musician Kenny G is 59. Rock singer Richard Butler (Psychedelic Furs)
is 59. Actor Jeff Garlin is 53. Actress Karen Sillas is 52. Actor Ron
Livingston is 48. Singer Brian McKnight is 46. Rock musician Claus
Norreen (Aqua) is 45. Actor Mark Wahlberg is 44. Actor Chad Allen is
41. Rock musician P-Nut (311) is 41. Actress Navi Rawat (RO'-waht) is
38. Actress Liza Weil is 38. Rock musician Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) is
36. Rock musician Seb Lefebvre (Simple Plan) is 34. Actress Amanda Crew
is 29. Actress Sophie Lowe is 25. Thought for Today: "Dare to be naive.
R. Buckminster Fuller, American inventor and philosopher (1895-1983).
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