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This Day in History
By The Associated Press - 06/22/2007
Today Friday, June 22, is the 173rd day of 2007. There are 192 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight: In 1945, the World War II battle for Okinawa ended with an Allied victory; some 13,000 Americans and 90,000 Japanese soldiers, plus 130,000 civilians, were killed in the nearly three-month campaign.
On this date: In 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
In 1970, President Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
Birthdays Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 71. Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 64. Actress Meryl Streep is 58. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 58. Actor Graham Greene is 55. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 54. Author Dan Brown is 43. Actress Amy Brenneman is 43. TV personality Carson Daly is 34. Actor Donald Faison is 33.
Worth repeating ...
‘‘Children are God’s spies.’’
— Elizabeth Bowen, Irish author (1899-1973)
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