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Associated Press<\/p>\n

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Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space in 1963, is seen in a space suit in this undated file photo. Tereshkova’s three-day flight, which started June 16, 1963, further strengthened the prestige of the Soviet space program after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space in 1961. (AP Photo\/ ITAR-TASS )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On June 16, 1858, Accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”<\/p>\n

On this date in:
\n1812 The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business.
\n1890 Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Lancashire, England.
\n1897 The United States signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii.
\n1903 Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
\n1911 The forerunner of IBM was incorporated in New York State as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co.
\n1932 President Herbert Hoover was renominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
\n1960 “Psycho,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York.
\n1963 The Soviet Union launched the first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit aboard Vostok 6.
\n1967 The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival – which catapulted Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin to stardom – opened in northern California.
\n1976 Riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto.
\n1978 President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties.
\n1987 A jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of four young blacks he said were going to rob him; he was convicted of illegal weapons possession.
\n1996 Russians voted in the country’s first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin, the eventual winner, and a Communist challenger.
\n2011 Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women..<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nGolfer Phil Mickelson turns 45 years old today.<\/p>\n

Joyce Carol Oates, Author, 77
\nBilly “Crash” Craddock, Country singer, 77
\nLamont Dozier, Songwriter, 74
\nEddie Levert, R&B singer (The O’Jays), 73
\nJoan Van Ark, Actress (“Knot’s Landing”), 72
\nRoberto Duran, Boxer, 64
\nGino Vannelli, Pop singer, 63
\nLaurie Metcalf, Actress (“Roseanne”), 60
\nMissy Peregrym, Actress, 33<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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