Today in History

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Today in History: Monday, July  06, 2009
AP Highlight in History:
On July 6, 1957, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time – at a church in Liverpool, England, following a performance by Lennon's band, the Quarrymen.
 
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On this date in:
1483England's King Richard III was crowned.
1535Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason.
1777British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolution.
1835John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died at age 79.
1854The first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Mich.
1917Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks during World War I.
1923The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed.
1928The first all-talking movie feature, "The Lights of New York," was shown in New York.
1933Baseball's first All-Star game was held as the American League beat the National League 4-2 at Chicago's Comiskey Park.
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1944Fire broke out in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Conn., killing 169 people.
1957Althea Gibson became the first African-American tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
1974Garrison Keillor's radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion," debuted in a live broadcast from St. Paul, Minn.
1989The U.S. Army destroyed its last Pershing 1-A missiles.
1997The rover Sojourner rolled down a ramp from the Mars Pathfinder lander onto the Martian landscape to begin inspecting soil and rocks.
1998Singing cowboy star Roy Rogers died at age 86.
2003Liberian leader Charles Taylor accepted an offer of asylum in Nigeria.
2004Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry chose former rival Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina to be his running mate.
2005New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed after refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of an undercover CIA operative's name. (She was jailed for 85 days before agreeing to testify.)
 
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Highlights of This Day in History
Today's Birthdays:
Former first lady Nancy Reagan turns 88 years old today.
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NameProfessionAge
William SchallertActor ("The Patty Duke Show")87
Donal DonnellyActor78
Della ReeseSinger, actress ("Touched by an Angel")78
Ned BeattyActor72
Gene ChandlerSinger39
Jeannie SeelyCountry singer69
Burt WardActor ("Batman")64
George W. BushFormer president of the United States63
Fred DryerActor63
Sylvester StalloneActor63
Nathalie BayeActress61
Geoffrey RushActor58
John BazzRock musician (The Blasters)57
Grant GoodeveActor ("Eight is Enough")57
Nanci GriffithCountry singer56
Allyce BeasleyActress55
Willie RandolphBaseball player, manager55
Rick BraunJazz trumpeter54
John JorgensonCountry musician53
John KeebleRock musician (Spandau Ballet)50
Brian PosehnActor43
Inspectah DeckRapper (Wu-Tang Clan)39
Tamera MowryActress31
Tia MowryActress31
Eva GreenActress29
Brandon JacobsFootball player27
Gregory SmithActor ("Everwood")26
Kate NashRock singer22
Jeremy SuarezActor ("The Bernie Mac Show")19
Rapper 50 Cent turns 33 years old today.
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