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Associated Press<\/p>\n

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This is a photo showing the head of the Statue of Liberty on display in France early in 1884 prior to being shipped to the United States. Becky Joseph , a Boston-based chief anthropologist for the National Parks Service, is researching to see whether the Statue of Liberty was designed as a monument to freed black slaves. She is scheduled to release her findings on the 4th of July, 2000. (AP Photo\/Files)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On June 17, 1972, President Richard Nixon’s downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington’s Watergate complex.
\n1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston during the Revolutionary War.
\n1789 The Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly and undertook to frame a constitution.
\n1856 The Republican Party opened its first convention, in Philadelphia.
\n1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
\n1928 Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
\n1940 France asked Germany for terms of surrender in World War II.
\n1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.
\n1963 The Supreme Court struck down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer or the reading of Biblical verses in public schools.
\n1994 After leading police on a chase through Southern California, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman.
\n2008 Hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that gay marriage became legal by order of the state’s highest court. (However, California voters banned gay marriage in November.)<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nSinger Barry Manilow turns 72 years old today.<\/p>\n

Bud Collins, Tennis journalist, 86
\nJoe Piscopo, Comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), 64
\nMark Linn-Baker, Actor, 61
\nBobby Farrelly, Writer, director, 57
\nThomas Haden Church, Actor, 54
\nGreg Kinnear, Actor, 52
\nDan Jansen, Olympic gold-medal speed skater, 50
\nJason Patric, Actor, 49
\nWill Forte, Actor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), 45
\nVenus Williams, Tennis player, 35
\nFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich turns 72 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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