Today In History

Today is Thursday, June 9, the 160th day of 2022. There are 205 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:

On June 9, 2004, the body of Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington, to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda before the 40th president’s funeral.

ON THIS DATE:

› 1732: James Oglethorpe received a charter from Britain’s King George II to found the colony of Georgia.

› 1940: During World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis, effective at midnight.

› 1954: During the Senate Army-McCarthy 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?”

› 1969: The Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.

› 1978: 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.

› 1986: 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.

› 1993: The sciencefiction film “Jurassic Park,” directed by Steven Spielberg, had its world premiere in Washington, D.C.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Media analyst Marvin Kalb is 92. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 83. Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is 83. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 75. Retired MLB All-Star Dave Parker is 71. Film composer James Newton Howard is 71. Mystery author Patricia Cornwell is 66. Actor Michael J. Fox is 61. Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin is 61. Actor Johnny Depp is 59. Actor Gloria Reuben is

58. Gospel singer-actress Tamela Mann is 56. Rock musician Dean Felber (Hootie & the Blowfish) is 55. Rock musician Dean Dinning is 55. Musician Ed Simons is 52. Bluegrass singer-musician Jamie Dailey (Dailey & Vincent) is 47. Actor Michaela Conlin is 44. Actor Natalie Portman is

41. Actor Mae Whitman is 34. Actor Lucien Laviscount is 30.