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Associated Press<\/p>\n

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Former first lady Nancy Reagan leans over to kiss her husband’s, President Ronald Reagan, casket as she says one last private goodby shortly before his body was removed from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Friday morning June 11, 2004. (AP Photo\/Stephan Savoia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On June 11, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was laid to rest in California following a state funeral in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

On this date in:<\/p>\n

1509 England’s King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.
\n1913 Football coach Vince Lombardi was born in New York City.
\n1919 Sir Barton became horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner by winning the Belmont Stakes.
\n1942 The United States and the Soviet Union signed a lend lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II.
\n1963 Gov. George Wallace confronted federal troops at the University of Alabama in an effort to defy a federal court order to allow two black students to enroll at the school.
\n1963 Buddhist monk Quang Duc immolated himself on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.
\n1977 Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.
\n1987 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher won a third consecutive term in office.
\n1990 The Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.
\n1993 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit “hate crimes” motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment.
\n2001 Timothy McVeigh was executed by injection for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
\n2002 Rock musician Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in a remote Irish castle. (The couple divorced in 2008.)
\n2002 The singing competition “American Idol” debuted on Fox.
\n2009 The World Health Organization declared the swine flu outbreak a pandemic.
\n2010 The FIFA World Cup opened in South Africa, the first time soccer’s biggest tournament was held on that continent.
\n2012 Rafael Nadal won his record seventh French Open title, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nActor Hugh Laurie (“House M.D.”) turns 56 years old today.
\nCharles Rangel, U.S. congressman, D-N.Y. 85
\nGene Wilder, Actor, 82
\nJackie Stewart, Auto racer, 76
\nAdrienne Barbeau, Actress, 70
\nFrank Beard, Rock musician (ZZ Top), 66
\nPeter Bergman, Actor (“The Young and the Restless”), 62
\nJoe Montana, Football Hall of Famer, 59
\nDr. Mehmet Oz, Talk show host, 55
\nPeter Dinklage, Actor, 46
\nJoshua Jackson, Actor (“Dawson’s Creek”), 37
\nDiana Taurasi, Basketball player, 33
\nJose Reyes, Baseball player, 32
\nActor Shia LaBeouf turns 29 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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