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Today's Events | on horizon | on this day | newslink | Notable | Almanac archive
Thursday, June 15, 2000
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He is the highest-ranking United States military officer ever charged with espionage. Donna Bucella, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, on the arrest of George Trofimoff, a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel.
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Elian Gonzalez's Florida relatives plan to speak to the media about their appeal against a court ruling that immigration officials are within their rights to deny the boy an asylum hearing.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Berlin for two days of talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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The Miss Louisiana Pagent opens in Monroe, Louisiana.
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On Friday, June 16, the Frankfurt Chess Classic 2000 begins in Germany.
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On Saturday, June 17, Independence Day is celebrated in Iceland.
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On Sunday, June 18, Father's Day is celebrated in the United States.
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On Monday, June 19, Emancipation Day is celebrated in Texas, commemorating the day in 1865 when the slaves in Texas were proclaimed free.
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- Singer Waylon Jennings is 63.
- Former New York Governor Mario Cumo is 68.
- Actress Julie Hagerty is 45.
- Baseball player Wade Boggs is 42.
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In 1752, Benjamin Franklin carried out his famous experiment using a kite to prove that lightning was electricity.
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In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, providing for the electoral college to elect the president and vice-president on separate ballots; it was designed to prevent another instance like the election of 1800 when Thomas Jefferson and his running-mate tied, almost denying Jefferson the presidency.
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In 1904, in one of the great maritime tragedies in the history of New York, the steamship General Slocum caught fire and sank. Around 1,000 died, mostly women and children on a church outing.
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In 1919, Englishmen John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
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In 1944, U.S. troops invaded the Mariana Islands in the west Pacific Ocean, landing on Saipan.
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In 1960, South Korean government promulgated a new constitution introducing a parliamentary system of government.
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In 1969, Georges Pompidou was elected president of France.
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In 1992, pro-Iranian kidnappers freed two German aid workers in Beirut after 1,127 days in captivity, ending a decade-long hostage saga.
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In 1994, Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic ties, sealing a historic accord on mutual recognition and reconciliation after centuries of bitterness between Roman Catholics and Jews.
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