TODAY IN HISTORY

the 160th day of 2018. There are 205 days left in the year. On this date in A.D. 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, ending a 13-year reign. construction began on the present-day Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, with the laying of the first stone; the structure was completed in 1591. author Charles Dickens died in Gad’s Hill Place, England. the first Walt Disney animated cartoon featuring Donald Duck, “The Wise Little Hen,” was released. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which reintroduced federal income tax withholding from paychecks. 94 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Mass. during the Senate ArmyMcCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” the Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren. Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men from the Mormon priesthood. the Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts. as millions of Japanese watched on television, Crown Prince Naruhito wed commoner Masako Owada in an elaborate Shinto religious ceremony. The sciencefiction film “Jurassic Park,” directed by Steven Spielberg, had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. Comedian Jackie Mason is 90. Former baseball manager and player Bill Virdon is 87. Sports commentator Dick Vitale and author Letty Cottin Pogrebin are 79. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 71. Retired MLB All-Star Dave Parker and film composer James Newton Howard are 67. Mystery author Patricia Cornwell is 62. Actor Michael J. Fox and writer-producer Aaron Sorkin are 57. Actor Johnny Depp is 55. Actress Gloria Reuben is 54. Gospel singer-actress Tamela Mann is 52. Rock musicians Dean Felber (Hootie & the Blowfish) and Dean Dinning are 51. Musician Ed Simons is 48. Actress Keesha Sharp is 45. Country musician Shade Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 44. Bluegrass singer-musician Jamie Dailey (Dailey & Vincent) is 43. Actress Michaela Conlin is 40. Actress Natalie Portman is 37. Actress Mae Whitman is 30. Actor Lucien Laviscount is 26.