Today In History
Today is Tuesday, June 20, the 171st day of 2017. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer begins at 9:24 p.m. Pacific time/10:24 p.m. Mountain time/11:24 p.m. Central time (12:24 a.m. Eastern time June 21).
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1967: Boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison. (Ali’s conviction was ultimately overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court).
ON THIS DATE
› 1782: Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States, featuring the emblem of the bald eagle.
› 1863: West Virginia became the 35th state.
› 1921: U.S. Rep. Alice Mary Robertson, R-Okla., became the first woman to preside over a session of the House of Representatives.
› 1966: The Beatles album “Yesterday and Today” was released by Capitol Records, initially with its notorious “butcher” cover photo which ended up being replaced.
› 1977: The first oil began flowing through the recently completed Trans-Alaska Pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez.
› 1990: South African black nationalist Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrived in New York City for a ticker-tape parade in their honor as they began an eight-city U.S. tour.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Martin Landau is 89. Actress Bonnie Bartlett is 88. Blues musician Lazy Lester is 84. Actor John Mahoney is 77. Movie director Stephen Frears is 76. Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson is
75. Actor John McCook is
73. Singer Anne Murray is 72. Rhythm and blues singer Lionel Richie is
68. Actor John Goodman is 65. Rock musician Michael Anthony is 63. Pop musician John Taylor is 57. Rock musician Mark degli Antoni is 55. Christian rock musician Jerome Fontamillas (Switchfoot) is 50. Movie director Robert Rodriguez is 49. Actor Peter Paige is 48. Actor Josh Lucas is 46. Rock musician Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez) is 46. Rock singer Chino Moreno (Deftones) is 44. Country singer Chuck Wicks is 38. Actress Tika Sumpter is 37. Country musician Chris Thompson (The Eli Young Band) is 37. Actress-singer Alisan Porter is 36. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse is 28. Actress Maria Lark is 20.