Today In History

Today is Wednesday, June 14, the 165th day of 2017. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1777: The Second Continental Congress approved the design of the original American flag.

ON THIS DATE

› 1775: The Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created.

› 1922: Warren G. Harding became the first president heard on radio, as Baltimore station WEAR broadcast his speech dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry.

› 1940: German troops entered Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis began transporting prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.

› 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.

› 1967: The space probe Mariner 5 was launched from Cape Kennedy on a flight that took it past Venus. California The movie “To Sir, with Love,” starring Sidney Poitier, was released by Columbia Pictures.

› 1992: Mona Van Duyn became the first woman to be named the nation’s Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress Marla Gibbs is

86. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is 78. Writer Peter Mayle is 78. Actor Jack Bannon is 77. Country-rock musician Spooner Oldham is 74. Rock singer Rod Argent (The Zombies; Argent) is 72. President Donald Trump is 71. Singer Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 71. Rock musician Barry Melton is 70. Rock musician Alan White (Yes) is 68. Actor Eddie Mekka is 65. Actor Will Patton is 63. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Eric Heiden is 59. Jazz musician Marcus Miller is 58. Singer Boy George is 56. Actress Traylor Howard is 51. Actress Yasmine Bleeth is 49. Actor Faizon Love is 49. Actor Stephen Wallem is

49. International Tennis Hall of Famer Steffi Graf is 48. Actor Sullivan Stapleton (TV: “Blindspot”) is 40. Screenwriter Diablo Cody is 39. AActor Torrance Coombs is 34. Actor J.R. Martinez is

34. Actor-singer Kevin McHale is 29. Pop singer Jesy Nelson (Little Mix) is 26. Country singer Joel Crouse is 25. Actor Daryl Sabara is 25.