HOROSCOPES

Aries (March 21-April 19): Right when you least expect it, you find what you want to say. On the other hand, the more you try to forget something, the more it stays on your mind. Physicist Niels Bohr said, “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”

Taurus (April 20-May 20): A friendship wades into ambiguous territory. You are not sure how close you are anymore. You could try to approach your friend and ask, or you may decide that a confrontation is not worth the risk. Choose the fork in the road that best matches what your heart wants.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): A joint project may stall out today and you must wait for a logistical detail to fall into place. The delay seems to take forever. You are faced with clearing it up now. Instead of exchanging harsh words, find a constructive way toward any criticisms.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): You deal with various odds and ends in the luxury of your own solitude now. However, people impinge upon your privacy, and their desires don’t align with yours. This social trespass prompts you to set a boundary. Find out what they want from you so you can address it. On July 28, 1609, the English ship Sea Venture ran ashore on Bermuda, where the passengers and crew founded a colony.

In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leading Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Repetition is key to lasting success. Goals are fine in theory, but you need to put your ambitions into practice to find out whether they are achievable. If you never put one foot in front of the other, the journey never gets started. Patience and practicality are your tools for success.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Obligations keep you busy, leaving hardly any room for frivolities today. Not only are your commitments taking a toll on your capacity to innovate, but a good friend or lover may seem ambivalent about spending more time together. Channel any irritation openly into a healthy outlet.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lofty dreams of faraway places fuel you with hope that things can be different in the future. You may already be handling a few too many obstructions at home. This logistical jam spurs you to change your domestic circumstances to be more in tune with your present needs.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Intimacy falters when communication stops. If you are unable to vocalize your side of the story, consider the reasons why. Rather than pushing the point verbally, try writing your concerns in a journal. Then, when you finally talk, your message comes through loud and clear.

figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.

In 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in Nov. 1942. Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21): People may be sending you mixed messages today. You are unsure what to believe anymore. A tussle between your grand visions and your deepest values can put you in a position of making hard choices. You always have the freedom to choose the trajectory of your life.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your words are not landing right today, and people seem aloof and absent. Your daily routine may be weighing you down now. You could try to rearrange your schedule, but a communication mishap creates extra stress. Initiating an honest conversation ameliorates the tension.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You might finally be ready to reveal a longhidden part of yourself now. However, when your story involves others, you must decide which secrets to keep off the record and which to make public. They may want their confidential information to stay behind the curtain.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): An aspect of your heritage clashes with some of your hopes. It may be necessary to put your goals back under the microscope before you commit to a future course of action.

You are facing new information that uncovers elements of your personal history. Integrate the past with the present.

the U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2.

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In 1984, the Los Angeles Summer Olympics opened.

In 1989, Israeli commandos abducted a pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim cleric, Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid, from his home in south Lebanon. (He was released in January 2004 as part of a prisoner swap.)