By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 9, the 160th day of 2023. 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 ...
By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, June 8, the 159th day of 2023. There are 206 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party’s convention in ...
By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2023. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day” as they began the liberation of ...
By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, June 3, the 154th day of 2023. There are 211 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 3, 1989, Chinese army troops began their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations. On this date: In 1621, the ...
By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2023. There are 212 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 2, 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma ...
By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 30, the 150th day of 2023. There are 215 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 30, 1989, student protesters in Beijing erected a “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the ...