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Date Posted: 15:44:53 06/02/02 Sun
Author: Cari
Subject: This day in history - long version - apologies to Alvin!

Sunday, June 2, 2002

Highlight in History:

On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.

On this date in:

1851 Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.

1886 President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony.

1897 Responding to rumors, Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that ''the report of my death was an exaggeration.''

1924 Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.

1941 Baseball's ''Iron Horse,'' Lou Gehrig, died in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

1946 The Italian monarchy was abolished in favor of a republic.

1979 Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.

1987 President Reagan announced he was nominating economist Alan Greenspan to succeed Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

1995 A U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down by Bosnian Serbs while on a NATO air patrol in northern Bosnia; the pilot, Capt. Scott F. O'Grady, was rescued six days later.

1997 Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing. The 1995 blast killed 168 people.

1998 Voters in California passed Proposition 227, which effectively abolished the state's 30-year-old bilingual education program by requiring that all children be taught in English.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-comedian Wayne Brady turns 30 years old today.
William Guest Singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) 61
Stacy Keach Actor 61
Charlie Watts Rock musician (Rolling Stones) 61
Charles Haid Actor 59
Marvin Hamlisch Composer 58
Lasse Hallstrom Director 56
Jerry Mathers Actor (The Beaver) 54
Joanna Gleason Actress 52
Dennis Haysbert Actor (''24'') 48
Michael Steele Rock musician (The Bangles) 48
Dana Carvey Comedian (''Saturday Night Live'') 47
Gary Grimes Actor (Summer of '42) 47
Merril Bainbridge Singer 34
B-Real Rapper (Cypress Hill) 32
Paula Cale Actress (''Providence'') 32
Nikki Cox Actress 24
Deon Richmond Actor 24
Irish Grinstead R&B singer (702) 22

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I look forward to these CARI! -- Oback, 15:53:44 06/02/02 Sun
- Thanks 'O -- Cari, 15:57:47 06/02/02 Sun