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<\/a>On June 15, 1215, England’s King John put his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, granting his barons more liberty.<\/p>\n
On this date in:
\n1775 George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army.
\n1836 Arkansas became the 25th state.
\n1844 Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
\n1849 James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn., at age 53.
\n1864 Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery.
\n1902 The 20th Century Limited, an express passenger train between New York and Chicago, began service.
\n1904 More than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City’s East River.
\n1923 Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.
\n1969 The variety show “Hee Haw” premiered on CBS.
\n1978 King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
\n1991 Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing about 800 people.
\n1992 Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously instructed a Trenton, N.J., elementary school student to spell potato as “potatoe” during a spelling bee.
\n1994 Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.
\n1995 During his murder trial, O.J. Simpson struggled to don a pair of gloves that prosecutors said were worn by the killer of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
\n1996 Singer Ella Fitzgerald died at age 78.
\n2003 A jury in Houston convicted accounting firm Arthur Andersen of obstruction of justice.
\n2006 A divided Supreme Court made it easier for police to barge into homes and seize evidence without knocking or waiting.
\n2006 Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said he would transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
\n2007 Bob Barker ended his 35-year run as host of the CBS game show “The Price Is Right.”<\/p>\n
Today’s Birthdays:
\nActor Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”) turns 42 years old today.<\/p>\n
Billy Williams, Baseball Hall of Famer, 77
\nMike Holmgren, Football coach, 67
\nSimon Callow, Actor, 66
\nRussell Hitchcock, Singer (Air Supply), 66
\nSteve Walsh, Rock singer (Kansas), 64
\nJim Belushi Actor, comedian (“According to Jim”), 61
\nJulie Hagerty, Actress (“Airplane!”), 60
\nWade Boggs, Baseball Hall of Famer, 57
\nHelen Hunt, Actress (“Mad About You”), 52
\nCourteney Cox, Actress (“Friends,” “Cougar Town”), 51
\nIce Cube Actor, rapper, 46
\nLeah Remini, Actress (“King of Queens”), 45
\nT-Bone Willy, Rock musician (Save Ferris), 43
\nElizabeth Reaser, Actress, 40<\/p>\n
San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum turns 31 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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