This Day in History

By The Standard Staff - 06/22/2008

Today Sunday, June 22, is the 174th day of 2008. There are 192 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: On June 22, 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 1870, the U.S. Department of Justice was created.

In 1937, Joe Louis began his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago.

In 1944, President Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights.” Birthdays Actor Ralph Waite is 80. Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 72. Actor Michael Lerner is 67. Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 65. Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 64. Actor David L. Lander is 61. Singer Howard “Eddie” Kaylan is 61. Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 60. Actress Meryl Streep is 59. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 59. Singer Alan Osmond is 59. Actor Murphy Cross is 58. Actor Graham Greene is 56. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 55. Actor Chris Lemmon is 54. Rock musician Derek Forbes is 52. Actor Tim Russ is 52. Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 51. Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 50. Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 49. Actress Tracy Pollan is 48. Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 47. Author Dan Brown is 44. Actress Amy Brenneman is 44. Rock singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 38. TV personality Carson Daly is 35. Actor Donald Faison is 34. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 23.

Worth repeating ...

“If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.” — Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (1813-1887)