TODAY’S HISTORY

1812: President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain.

1815: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Imperial French army was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo after sustaining more than 25,000 Cooking or serving vegetables with casualties. monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil, 1940: British nuts and seeds, helps the body absorb

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Winston Churchill gave his famous

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finest hour” speech just add empty calories before the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 1948: Columbia Records revealed the new 12-inch, 33 1/3 revolutions-perminute, long-playing record.

1983: Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: E.W. Scripps (1854-1926), publisher; Kay Kyser (1905-1985), bandleader; Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), songwriter; George Mikan (19242005), basketball player; Lou Brock (1939-2020), baseball player; Roger Ebert (1942-2013), film critic; Paul McCartney (1942-), musician/singer-songwriter; Isabella Rossellini (1952-), actress/model; Angela Johnson (1961-), author; Blake Shelton (1976-), singersongwriter.

TODAY’S FACT: Napoleon Bonaparte amassed the largest army ever in Europe for his invasion of Russia in 1812. At its peak, the Grande Armee consisted of more than 554,000 men.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2000, 24-year-old golfer Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open by 15 strokes, the largest margin of victory ever in a major.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” — Roger Ebert

TODAY’S NUMBER: 23 — minutes of music per side the first commercial LPs were formatted to play.

TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (June 14) and last quarter moon (June 20).