Selected Articles from The New York Times—
June 2008
(* denotes news of special interest)

Monday, June 30, 2008:
On This Day: June 30 (John 6/30/1468-8/16/1532, Dominikus Zimmermann 6/30/1685-11/16/1766, Sir Joseph Hooker 6/30/1817-12/10/1911, Lucile Grahn 6/30/1819-4/4/1907,) William Wheeler 6/30/1819-6/4/1887, Walter Ulbricht 6/30/1893-8/1/1973, Harold Laski 6/30/1893-3/24/1950, Willie Sutton 6/30/1901-11/2/1980, Harry Blackstone, Jr. 6/30/1934-5/14/1997, Lena Horne 1917, Nancy Dussault 1936, Tony Musante 1936, Stanley Clarke 1951, David Alan Grier 1955, Vincent D'Onofrio 1959, Rupert Graves 1963, Mike Tyson 1966, Brian Bloom 1970, Brian Vincent 1970, Monica Potter 1971)
* China Resumes Control of Hong Kong, Ending 156 Years of British Rule (By EDWARD A. GARGAN, June 30, 1997)
Y.W.C.A. Leader, Mabel Cratty, Dies at 60 [6/30/1868-2/27/1928] (NY TIMES, February 28, 1928)

* HEALTH BLOG: The 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating (By TARA PARKER-POPE, June 30, 2008)

Sunday, June 29, 2008:
On This Day: June 29 (Giacomo Leopardi 6/29/1798-6/14/1837, Pietro Angelo Secchi 6/29/1818-2/26/1878, George Goethals 6/29/1858-1/21/1928, Ludwig Beck 6/29/1880-7/20/1944, Robert Schuman 6/29/1886-9/4/1963, James Van Der Zee 6/29/1886-5/15/1983, Helen Hokinson 6/29/1893-11/1/1949, Antoine Saint-Exupery 6/29/1908-5/18/1975, Leroy Anderson 6/29/1908-5/18/1975, Frank Loesser 6/29/1910-7/28/1969, Ruth Warrick 1915, Robert Evans 1930, L. Russell Brown 1940, Gary Busey 1944, Richard Lewis 1947, Fred Grandy 1948, Maria Conchita Alonso 1957)
U.S. Craft Docks Flawlessly With Russian Space Station (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, June 29, 1995)
* Dr. George E. Hale, Astronomer, Dead at 69: Founder of Yerkes, Mt. Wilson & Palomar Observatories
[6/29/1868-2/21/1938] (NY TIMES, February 22, 1938)

OP-ED: Anxious in America (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, June 29, 2008)

Saturday, June 28, 2008:
On This Day: June 28 (Peter Paul Rubens 6/28/1577-5/30/1640, Jean-Jacques Rousseau 6/28/1712-7/2/1778, Calotta Grisi 6/28/1819-5/20/1899, Otis Skinner 6/28/1858-1/4/1942, Luigi Pirandello 6/28/1867-12/10/1936, Pierre Laval 6/28/1883-10/15/945, Floyd Dell 6/28/1887-7/23/1969, Carl Spaatz, E. H. Carr 6/28/1892-11/3/1982, Eric Ambler 6/28/1909-10/22/1998, Mel Brooks 1926, Pat Morita 1932, Carl Levin 1934, Leon Paneta 1938, Bruce Davison 1946, Kathy Bates 1948, Alice Krige 1954, John Elway 1960, Tony Mercedes 1962, Jessica Hecht 1965, John Cusack 1966, Gil Bellows 1967, Danielle Brisebois 1969)
* Treaty of Versailles: Peace Signed, Ends the Great War; Germans Depart Still Protesting (NY TIMES, June 28, 1919)
* Richard Rodgers Is Dead at Age 77; Broadway's Renowned Composer
[6/28/1902-12/30/1979] (By Alden Whitman, December 31, 1979)

Friday, June 27, 2008:
On This Day: June 27 (Alexis Bouvard 6/27/1767-6/7/1843, Charles Stewart Parnell 6/27/1846-10/6/1891, May Irwin 6/27/1862-10/22/1938, Emma Goldman 6/27/1869-5/14/1940, Eduard Spranger 6/27/1882-9/17/1963, Juan T. Trippe 6/27/1899-4/3/1981, Willie Mosconi 6/27/1913-9/16/1993, I.A.L. Diamond 6/27/1920-4/21/1988, Frank O'Hara 6/27/1926-7/25/1966, Bob Keeshan 1927, Ross Perot 1930, Anna Moffo 1934, John Shalikashvili 1936, Bruce Babbitt 1938, Bruce Johnston 1942, Julia Duffy 1951, Isabelle Adjani 1955, Tobey Maguire 1975)
* Truman Orders U.S. Air, Navy Units To Fight In Aid Of Korea; U.N. Council Supports Him;
Our Fliers In Action; Fleet Guards Formosa (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, June 27, 1950)
* Helen Keller, 87, Dies: Blind & Deaf Since Infancy, She Became Symbol of Courage
[6/27/1880-6/1/1968] (NY TIMES, June 2, 1968)

Thursday, June 26, 2008:
On This Day: June 26 (Arthur Middleton 6/26/1742-1/1/1787, Bernard Berenson 6/26/1865-10/6/1959, Albert Siklos 6/26/1878-4/3/1942, Pearl Buck 6/26/1892-3/6/1973, Willy Messerschmitt 6/26/1898-9/17/198, Stuart Symington 6/26/1901-12/14/1988, William Lear 6/26/1902-5/14/1978, Antonia Brico 6/26/1902-8/3/1989, Peter Lorre 6/26/1904-3/23/1964, Eleanor Parker 1922, Dave Grusin 1934, Josef Summer 1934, Clive Frncis 1946, Chris Isaak 1956, Patty Smyth 1957, Sean Hayes 1970)
* President Kennedy Hailed By Over A Million In Visit To Berlin
(By ARTHUR J. OLSEN, June 26, 1963)
Babe Zaharias Dies at 42; Athlete Had Cancer
[6/26/1914-9/27/1956] (By MARILYN BERGER, September 28, 1956)

Wednesday, June 25, 2008:
On This Day: June 25 (Edward Holyoke 6/25/1689-1/1/1769, Antonio Gaudi 6/25/1852-6/10/1926, Robert Henri 6/25/1865-7/12/1929, Crystal Eastman 6/25/1881-7/8/1928, Benito Lynch 6/25/1885-12/23/1951, Henry Harley Arnold 6/25/1886-1/15/1950, Hermann Oberth 6/25/1894-12/29/1989, Lord Louis Mountbatten 6/25/1900-8/27/1979, George Orwell 6/25/1903-1/21/1950, William Stein 6/25/1911-2/2/1980, Ingeborg Bachmann 6/25/1926-10/17/1973, Aimé Césaire 1913, Sidney Lumet 1924, June Lockhart 1925, Eddie Floyd 1935, Barbara Montgomery 1939, Willis Reed 1942, Carly Simon 1945, Allen Lanier 1946, Ian McDonald 1946, Jimmie Walker 1947, Michael Lembeck 1948, Phyllis George 1949, Tim Finn 1952, David Paich 1954, George Michael 1963, Candyman 1968, Sean Kelly 1971)
* The Little Big Horn Massacre: Custer & 7th Cavalry Wiped Out by Sioux & Cheyenne Indians
(NY TIMES, June 25, 1876)
* George Abbott, Broadway Giant With Hit After Hit, Is Dead at 107
[6/25/1887-1/31/1995] (By MARILYN BERGER, February 2, 1995)

Tuesday, June 24, 2008:
On This Day: June 24 (Theodore Beza 6/24/1519-10/13/1605, Robert Dudley Leicester 6/24/1532-9/4/1588, Saint John of the Cross 6/24/1542-12/14/1591, John Hughes 6/24/1797-1/3/1864, Henry Ward Beecher 6/24/1813-3/8/1887, Gustavus Swift 6/24/1839-3/29/1903, Victor Francis Hess 6/24/1883-12/17/1964, Irving Kaufman 6/24/1910-2/1/1992, Norman Cousins 6/24/1912-11/30/1990, John Ciardi 6/24/1916-3/30/1986, Al Molinaro 1919, Jack Carter 1923, Claude Chabrol 1930, Mick Fleetwood 1942, Michele Lee 1942, George Pataki 1945, Georg Stanford Brown 1943, Peter Weller 1947, Nancy Allen 1950, )
* Air Force Details a New Theory in U.F.O. Case: Dead 'Aliens' Were Test Dummies
(By WILLIAM J. BROAD, June 24, 1997)
* Jack Dempsey, 87, is Dead; Boxing Champion of 1920's
[6/24/1895-5/31/1983] (By RED SMITH, June 1, 1983)

Monday, June 23, 2008:
On This Day: June 23 (John Fell 6/23/1625-7/10/1686, Giambattista Vico 6/23/1668-1/23/1744, Josephine 6/23/1763-5/29/1814, Carl Reinecke 6/23/1824-3/10/1910, Irvin S. Cobb 6/23/1876-3/10/1944, Alfred Charles Kinsey 6/23/1894-8/25/1956, Paul Joseph Martin 6/23/1903-9/14/1992, James Edward Meade 6/23/1907-12/22/1995, Jean Anouilh 6/23/1910-10/3/1987, Bob Fosse 6/23/1927-9/23/1987, Irene Worth 1916, James Levine 1943, Bryan Brown 1947, Clarence Thomas 1948, Frances McDormand 1957, Karin Gustafson 1959)
Taft-Hartley Bill Curbing Labor Becomes Law As Senate Overrides Truman's Veto, 68-25
(By WILLIAM S. WHITE, June 23, 1947)
* The Duke of Windsor Dies at 77: Abdicated in 1936 to Wed Mrs. Simpson, 'Woman I Love'
[6/23/1894-5/28/1972] (By Reuters, May 28, 1972)

Sunday, June 22, 2008:
On This Day: June 22 (Giuseppe Mazzini 6//2/1805-3/10/1872, William McDougall 6/22/1871-11/28/1938, Sir Julian Huxley 6/22/1887-2/14/1975, Carl Hubbell 6/22/1903-11/21/1988, Michael Todd 6/22/1909-3/22/1958, John Hunt 6/22/1910-11/8/1998, Gower Champion 6/22/1921-8/25/1980, Joseph Papp 6/22/1921-10/31/1991, Freddie Prinze 6/22/1954-1/29/1977, Billy Wilder 1906, Bill Blass 1922, Ralph Waite 1928, Dianne Feinstein 1933, Kris Kristofferson 1936, Ed Bradley 1941, Michael Lerner 1941, Brit Hume 1943, Meryl Streep 1949, Lindsay Wagner 1949, Graham Greene 1952 )
French Sign Reich Truce, Rome Pact Next; British Bomb Krupp Works and Bremen
(By GUIDO ENDERIS, June 22, 1940)
* Erich Maria Remarque Is Dead at 72; Novels Recorded Agony of War
[6/22/1898-9/25/1970] (NY TIMES, September 26, 1970)

Saturday, June 21, 2008:
On This Day: June 21 (Increase Mather 6/21/1639-8/23/1723, Moses Hess 6/21/1812-4/6/1875, Sir Richard Wallace 6/21/1818-7/20/1890, Joseph Hayne Rainey 6/21/1832-8/2/1887, Jose Graca Aranha 6/21/1868-1/26/1931, Rockwell Kent 6/21/1882-3/13/1971, Pier Luigi Nervi 6/21/1891-1/9/1979, Reinhold Niebuhr 6/21/1892-6/1/1971, Mary McCarthy 6/21/1912-10/25/1989, Judy Holliday 6/21/1922-6/7/1965, Al Hirschfield 1903, Jane Russell 1921, Maureen Stapleton 1925, Ernie Kopell 1933, Monte Markham 1935, Ron Ely 1938, Mariette Hartley 1940, Meredith Baxter 1947, Michael Gross 1947, Prince William 1982)
Three Men Reported Missing In Mississippi Civil Rights Campaign
(By CLAUDE SITTON, June 21, 1964)
* Jean-Paul Sartre, 74, Dies in Paris
[6/21/1905-4/15/1980] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 16, 1980)

Friday, June 20, 2008:
On This Day: June 20 (Salvator Rosa 6/20/1615-3/15/1673, Adam Ferguson 6/20/1723-2/22/1816, Thomas Edward Bowdich 6/20/1791-1/10/1824, Jacques Offenbach 6/20/1819-10/5/1880, Alexander Winton 6/20/1860-6/21/1932, Sir Frederick Hopkins 6/20/1861-5/16/1947, Jean Moulin 6/20/1899-7/8/1943, Errol Flynn 6/20/1909-10/14/1959, Chester Arthur Burnett 6/20/1910-1/10/1976, Chet Atkins 1924, Olympia Dukasis 1931, Martin Landau 1931, James Tolkan 1931, Danny Aiello 1933, Brian Wilson 1942, Anne Murray 1945, Adre Watts 1946, Tina Sinatra 1948, Lionel Richie 1949, John Goodman 1952)
Cassius Clay Guilty in Draft Case; Gets Five Years in Prison
(By MARTIN WALDRON, June 20, 1967)
* Lillian Hellman, Playright, Author, and Rebel Dies at 79
[6/20/1905-6/30/1984] (NY TIMES, July 1, 1984)

Thursday, June 19, 2008:
On This Day: June 19 (Blaise Pascal 6/19/1623-8/19/1662, Thomas Sully 6/19/1783-11/5/1872, William Henry Webb 6/19/1816-10/30/1899, Elbert Hubbard 6/19/1856-5/7/1915, James J. Walker 6/19/1881-11/18/1946, Wallis Warfield Windsor 6/19/1896-4/24/1986, Guy Lombardo 6/19/1902-11/5/1977, Paul Flory 6/19/1910-9/9/1985, Abe Fortas 6/19/1910-4/6/1982, Viktor Patsayvev 6/19/1933-6/29/1971, Pauline Kael 1919, Gena Rowlands 1936, Al Wilson 1939, Aung San Suu Kyi 1945, Phylicia Rashad 1948, Ann Wilson 1950, Kathleen Turner 1954, Paula Abdul 1962)
Civil Rights Bill Passed, 73-27; Johnson Urges All To Comply; Dirksen Berates Goldwater
(By E. W. KENWORTHY, June 19, 1964)
* Gehrig, 'Iron Man' of Baseball, Dies at the Age of 37
[6/19/1903-6/2/1941] (NY TIMES, June 3, 1941)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008:
On This Day: June 18 (Bartolommeo Ammannati 6/18/1511-4/22/1592, Feofan Prokopovich 6/18/1681-9/19/1736, William Lassell 6/18/1799-10/5/1880, Edward Wyllis Scrips 6/18/1854-3/12/1926, Henry Clay Folger 6/18/1857-6/11/1930, Nicolae Iorga 6/18/1871-11/28/1940, James Montgomery Flagg 6/18/1877-5/27/1960, Philip Barry 6/18/1896-12/3/1949, Laura Hobson 6/18/1900-2/28/1986, Anastasia 6/18/1901-7/16/1918, Ian Carmichael 1920, Tom Wicker 1926, Roger Ebert 1942, Paul McCartney 1942, Carol Kane 1952, Isabella Rossellini 1952)
Charter Of Human Rights Is Adopted In U.N. (By MALLORY BROWNE, June 18, 1948)
Daladier, Signer of Munich Pact, Dies at 86 [6/18/1884-10/10/1970] (NY TIMES, October 12, 1970)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008:
On This Day: June 17 (John Wesley 6/17/1703-3/2/1791, Charles Gounod 6/17/1818-10/18/1893, E. G. Squier 6/17/1821-4/17/1888, John Robert Greeg 6/17/1867-2/23/1948, James Weldon Johnson 6/17/1871-6/26/1938, Aleksandr Friedmann 6/17/188-9/16/1925, M.C. Escher 6/17/1898-3/27/1972, Martin Bormann 6/17/1900-5/?/1945, Sammy Fain 6/17/1902-12/6/1989, Ralph Bellamy 6/17/1904-11/29/1991, Charles Eames 6/17/1907-8/21/1978, John Hersey 6/17/1914-3/24/1993, Kingman Brewster, Jr. 6/17/1919-11/8/1988, Peter Lupus 1932, Rod Paige 1933, Barry Manilow 1946, Joe Piscopo 1951, Greg Kinnear 1964, Dan Jansen 1965, Venus Williams 1980)
Amelia Earhart Flies Atlantic, First Woman To Do It; Tells Her Own Story of Perilous 21-Hour Trip to Wales; Radio Quit and They Flew Blind Over Invisible Ocean (By ALLEN RAYMOND, June 17, 1928)
* Igor Stravinsky, the Composer, Dead at 88: Shook Music World in 1913 With 'Sacre du Printemps'
[6/17/1882-4/6/1971] (By DONAL HENAHAN, April 7, 1971)

Monday, June 16, 2008:
On This Day: June 16 (Sir John Cheke 6/16/1514-9/13/1557, Julius Plucker 6/16/1801-5/22/1868, Edward Davy 6/16/1806-1/26/1885, Sir George Frampton 6/16/1860-5/21/1928, Bobby Clark 6/16/1888-2/12/1960, Jean Peugeot 6/16/1896-11/18/1966, Stan Laurel 6/16/1890-2/23/1965, Barbara McClintock 6/16/1902-9/2/1992, Ilona Massey 6/16/1910-8/10/1974, Katharine Graham 1917, Erich Segal 1937, Joyce Carol Oates 1938, Joan Van Ark 1943, Roberto Duran 1951, Gino Vannelli 1952, Laurie Metcalf 1955, Kerry Wood 1977)
President Roosevelt Starts Recovery Program, Signs Bank, Rail and Industry Bills
(NY TIMES, June 16, 1933)
* Old Apache Chief Geronimo Is Dead at Near 90 [6/16/1829-2/17/1909] (NY TIMES, February 18, 1909)

Sunday, June 15, 2008:
On This Day: June 15 (Franz Danzi 6/15/1763-4/13/1826, Hablot Knight Browne 6/15/1815-7/8/1882, Adah Isaacs Menken 6/15/1835-8/10/1868, Edvard Grieg 6/15/1843-9/4/1907, Nagano Osami 6/15/1880-1/5/1947, Malvina Hoffman 6/15/1887-7/10/1966, Yuri Andropov 6/15/1914-2/9/1984, Saul Steinberg 6/15/1914-5/12/1999, Mario Cuomo 1932, Waylon Jennings 1937, Aron Kincaid 1943, Russell Hitchcock 1949, Jim Belushi 1954, Julie Hagerty 1955, Eileen Davidson 1959, Helen Hunt 1963, Courteney Cox Arquette 1964)
More than 1000 Dead in Fire Aboard Steamboat in New York City's East River
(NY TIMES, June 15, 1904)
* Erik Erikson, Psychoanalyst of Human Development, Dies at 91 [6/15/1902-5/12/1994] (NY TIMES, May 13, 1994)

Saturday, June 14, 2008:
On This Day: June 14 (Charkes-Augustin de Coulomb 6/14/1736-8/23/1806, John Bartlett 6/14/1820-12/3/1905, Vasile Alecsandri 6/14/1821-8/22/1890, Robert La Follette 6/14/1855-6/18/1925, Karl Landsteiner 6/14/1868-6/26/1943, Edward Bowes 6/14/1874-6/14/1946, John McCormack 6/14/1884-9/16/1945, Margaret Bourke-White 6/14/1906-8/27/1971, Che Guevara 6/14/1928-10/9/1967, Jerzy Kosinski 6/14/1933-5/3/1991, Dorothy McGuire 1916, Gene Barry 1923, Pierre Salinger 1925, Marla Gibbs 1931, Jack Bannon 1940, Donald Trump 1946, Will Patton 1954, Eric Heiden 1958, Boy George 1961, Steffi Graf 1969)
Argentine Forces Surrender to British Troops on Disputed Falkland Islands
(NY TIMES, June 14, 1982)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Dies at 85 [6/14/1811-7/1/1896] (NY TIMES, April 10, 1959)

Friday, June 13, 2008:
On This Day: June 13 (Winfield Scott 6/13/1786-5/29/1866, Jose Antonio Paez 6/13/1790-5/7/1873, James Clerk Maxwell 6/13/1831-11/5/1879, Robert Wood 6/13/1879-11/6/1969, Etienne Gilson 6/13/1884-9/19/1978, Elizabeth Schumann 6/13/1885-4/23/1952, Mark Van Doren 6/13/1894-12/10/1972, Tage Erlander 6/13/1901-6/21/1985, Red Grange 6/13/1903-1/28/1991, Luis Alvarez 6/13/1911-9/1/1988, Ralph Edwards 1923, Bobby Freeman 1940, Malcolm McDowell 1943, Jonathan Hogan 1951, Stellan Skarsgard 1951, Richard Thomas 1951, Tim Allen 1953, Ally Sheedy 1962, Jamie Walters 1969)
Supreme Court's Miranda Decision on Criminal Suspects' Rights (NY TIMES, June 13, 1966)
* William Butler Yeats, Irish Nobel Laureate Poet, Dies at 73
[6/13/1865-1/28/1939] (NY TIMES, January 28, 1939)

Thursday, June 12, 2008:
On This Day: June 12 (Cosimo I 6/12/1519-4/21/1574, Harriet Martineau 6/12/1802-6/27/1876, Charles Kingsley 6/12/1819-1/23/1875, Sir Oliver Lodge 6/12/1851-8/22/1940, Thomas Walsh 6/12/1859-3/2/1933, Fritz Lipmann 6/12/1899-7/24/1986, Bill Naughton 6/12/1899-1/9/1992, Milovan Djilas 6/12/1911-4/20/1995, Anne Frank 6/12/1929-3/?/1945, David Rockefeller 1915, Samuel Z. Arkoff 1918, Uta hagen 1919, George Bush 1924, Vic Damone 1928, Jim Nabors 1930, Marv Albert 1941, Spencer Abraham 1952, )
Raze Berlin Wall, Reagan Urges Soviet (By GERALD M. BOYD, June 12, 1987)
* Anthony Eden Dead at 79; Career Built on Style and Dash Ended with Invasion of Egypt
[6/12/1897-1/14/1977] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, January 15, 1977)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008:
On This Day: June 11 (George Wither 6/11/1588-5/2/1667, John Constable 6/11/1776-3/31/1837, Julia Cameron 6/11/1815-1/26/1879, Dame Millicent Fawcett 6/11/1847-8/5/1929, Richard Strauss 6/11/1864-9/8/1949, Yasunari Kawabata 6/11/1899-4/16/1972, Ernie Nevers 6/11/1903-5/3/1976, Jacques-Yves Cousteau 6/11/1910-6/25/1997, Vince Lombardi 6/11/1913-9/3/1970, Irving Howe 6/11/1920-5/5/1993, Rise Stevens 1913, Richard Todd 1919, William Styron 1925, Gene Wilder 1935, Johnny Brown 1937, Chad Everett 1937, Jackie Stewart 1939, Joey Dee 1940, Adrienne Barbeau 1945, Peter Bergman 1953, Joe Montana 1956)
Soviet And Britain Sign War And Peace Pact; Molotoff And Roosevelt Plan For 2D Front;
Army Fliers Blasted Two Fleets Off Midway (By W.H. LAWRENCE, June 11, 1942)
Ex-Rep. Jeanette Rankin Dies at 92; First Woman in Congress
[6/11/1880-5/18/1973] (By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, May 20, 1973)

Tuesday, June 10, 2008:
On This Day: June 10 (James Short 6/10/1710-6/14/1768, Gustave Courbet 6/10/1819-12/31/1877, Louis Marie Anne Couperus 6/10/1863-7/16/1923, André Derain 6/10/1880-9/8/1954, Hattie McDaniel 6/10/1895-10/26/1952, Clyde Beatty 6/10/1903-7/19/1965, Frederick Loewe 6/10/1904-2/14/1988, Sir Terence Rattigan 6/10/1911-11/30/1977, Ralph Kirkpatrick 6/10/1911-4/13/1984, Robert Maxwell 6/10/1923-11/5/1991, Barry Morse 1918, Prince Philip 1921, Nat Hentoff 1925, June Have 1926, Lionel Jeffries 1926, Maurice Sendak 1928, Gardner McKay 1932, F. Lee Bailey 1933, Alexandra Stewart 1939, Shirley Alston 1941, Jurgen Prochnow 1941, Jeff Greenfield 1943, Elisabeth Shue 1963, Elizabeth Hurley 1965, Linda Evangelista 1965, Tara Lipinski 1982)
Cease-Fire in Syria Accepted; Israelis Hold Border Heights; Soviet Breaks Ties to Israel
(By SYDNEY GRUSON, June 10, 1967)
* Judy Garland, 47, Star of Stage and Screen, Is Found Dead in Her London Home
[6/8/1867-4/9/1959] (NY TIMES, June 23, 1969 )

Monday, June 9, 2008:
On This Day: June 9 (Peter I the Great 6/9/1672-2/8/1725, Samuel Slater 6/9/1768-4/21/1835, Otto Nicolai 6/9/1810-5/11/1849, Bertha Suttner 6/9/1843-6/21/1914, James Stillman 6/9/1850-3/15/1918, Carl Nielsen 6/9/1865-10/3/1931, S. N. Behrman 6/9/1893-9/9/1973, Patrick Steptoe 6/9/1913-3/21/1988, Les Paul 1915, Robert S. McNamara 1916, George Axelrod 1922, Marvin Kalb 1930, Jackie Mason 1934, Joe Santos 1936, Michael J. Fox 1961, Johnny Depp 1963)
Welch Assails McCarthy's 'Cruelty' & 'Recklessness' In Attack On Aide; Senator, On Stand, Tells Of Red Hunt
(By W.H. LAWRENCE, June 9, 1954)
* Cole Porter Is Dead; Songwriter Was 72 [6/9/1891-10/15/1964] (NY TIMES, October 16, 1964 )

SPORTS | HORSERACING: Kudos for Nick Zito, and Questions About Big Brown
(By JOE DRAPE, June 9, 2008)
BASEBALL: Making Impression, Rookie Lifts Red Sox Over the Mariners
[Justin Masterson] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 9, 2008)

Sunday, June 8, 2008:
On This Day: June 8 (Gian Domenico Cassini 6/8/1625-9/14/1712, Robert Schumann 6/8/1810-7/29/1856, Samuel Hirsch 6/8/1815-5/14/1889, Sir John Millais 6/8/1829-8/13/1896, Robert Wagner 6/8/1877-5/1953, Marguerite Yourcenar 6/8/1903-12/17/1987, John Campbell 6/8/1910-7/11/1971, Robert Preston 6/8/1918-3/21/1987, Byron White 1917, Barbara Bush 1925, Jerry Stiller 1927, Dana Wynter 1930, Joan Rivers 1933, Millicent Martin 1934, James Darren 1936, Bernie Casey 1939, Nancy Sinatra 1940, Bonnie Tyler 1953)
Suspect in Assassination of Dr. King Is Seized in London
(By Fred P. GRAHAM, June 8, 1968)
* Frank Lloyd Wright Dies; Famed Architect Was 89 [6/8/1867-4/9/1959] (NY TIMES, April 10, 1959)

* NATIONAL: Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay (By GARDINER HARRIS & BENEDICT CAREY, June 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: The Long Road to a Clinton Exit (By PETER BAKER and JIM RUTENBERG, June 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: Clinton Ends Campaign With Clear Call to Elect Obama (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MARK LEIBOVICH, June 8, 2008)
NATIONAL: Concerned About Costs, Congress Pushes Curbs on Doctor-Owned Hospitals
(By ROBERT PEAR, June 8, 2008)
* NATIONAL: Oil Prices Raise Cost of Making Range of Goods (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, June 8, 2008)
* WORLD: For English Studies, Koreans Say Goodbye to Dad (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, June 8, 2008)
WORLD: Albinos, Long Shunned, Face Threat in Tanzania (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, June 8, 2008)
* NY REGION: Dreams and Desperation on Forsyth Street (By SAKI KNAFO, June 8, 2008)
* NY REGION: An Artist's Vision: Building With Toys, but on a Grand Scale
(By RANDY KENNEDY, June 8, 2008)
HORSERACING | Belmont Stakes: Big Brown Tires as Triple Crown Drought Continues (By JOE DRAPE, June 8, 2008)
HORSERACING | TV Sports: Ouch! ABC Buys the Buzz and Then Is Stung (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, June 8, 2008)
SPORTS | HORSERACING: Once Again, Zito Plays the Role of Spoiler
(By BILL FINLEY, June 8, 2008)
SPORTS | HORSERACING: Before the Disappointment, a Morning That Held Promise
(By MICHAEL BRICK, June 8, 2008)
* EDITORIAL: The Best Way Out Is Through
[Punishing deliquents who brok into Frost's house with poetry]
(NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
OP-ED: One Historic Night, Two Americas (By FRANK RICH, June 8, 2008)
OP-ED: People vs. Dinosaurs (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, June 8, 2008)
OP-ED: Watch Out, Meryl Streep! She's a Master Thespian. (By MAUREEN DOWD, June 8, 2008)
* OP-ED: What Went Wrong? [13 political experts talks on Hillary's campaign]
(NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
BUSINESS: When You Weren't Looking, They Were Working (By BEN STEIN, June 8, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY | Novelties: Moving Mountains With the Brain, Not a Joystick
(By ANNE EISENBERG, June 8, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY | SLIPSTREAM: Nature Gave Him a Blueprint, but Not Overnight Success
(By JOHN MARKOFF, June 8, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
* ART | Close Reading: Underneath Gallego's 'The Raising of Lazarus'
(NY TIMES, June 8, 2008) [Need Flash Player to View]
DANCE: Street Moves, in the TV Room (By JULIE BLOOM, June 8, 2008)
MUSIC: Found Gems From a Pianist Gone Too Soon (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, June 8, 2008)
THEATER: Public Theater's Dreamer in Chief (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, June 8, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
* STYLE: Yes, Dear. Tonight Again. (By GUY TREBAY, June 8, 2008)
* FASHION DIARY: She Dresses to Win [Michelle Obama] (By GUY TREBAY, June 8, 2008)
* MODERN LOVE: Let's Not Get to Know Each Other Better (By JOEL WALKOWSKI, June 8, 2008)
VOWS: William Siroty and William Stelling (By JOEL ELLIOTT, June 8, 2008)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
TRAVEL | TENNESSEE: 36 Hours in Knoxville (By ALLISON GLOCK, June 8, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
COLOR TEST: Where Whites Draw the Line (By MARCUS MABRY, June 8, 2008)
* THE WORLD: Twilight for the Forest People [Brazilian tribe]
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, June 8, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: For New Journalists, All Bets, but Not Mikes, Are Off
(By JACQUES STEINBERG, June 8, 2008)
READING FILE: He Put a Rosary in R.F.K.'s Hand [Busboy Juan Romero]
(NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
The Architecture Issue: The New, New City (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, June 8, 2008)
The Architecture Issue: Crowded House (By DARCY FREY, June 8, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Irregular Warfare (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, June 8, 2008)
CONSUMED: The Silence Generation [QuietComfort Headphones] (By ROB WALKER, June 8, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, June 8, 2008)
BOOKS: What You Read Is What He Is, Sort Of (By SARAH LYALL, June 8, 2008)

Saturday, June 7, 2008:
On This Day: June 7 (Gregory XIII 6/7/1502-4/10/1585, Celia Fiennes 6/7/1662-4/10/1741, Paul Gaugain 6/7/1848-5/8/1903, Max Kretzer 6/7/1854-7/15/1941, George Szell 6/7/1897-7/30/1970, Elizabeth Bowen 6/7/1899-2/22/1973, James Ivory 1928, Virginia McKenna 1931, Tom Jones 1940, Nikki Giovanni 1943, Ken Osmond 1943, Jenny Jones 1946, Liam Neeson 1952, William Forsythe 1955, Prince 1958, Anna Kournikova 1981)
Pope Becomes Ruler Of A State Again (By ARNALDO CORTESI, June 7, 1929)
Jessica Tandy, a Patrician Star Of Theater and Film, Dies at 85 [6/7/1909-9/11/1994] (By MARILYN BERGER, September 12, 1994)

POLITICAL MEMO: Two Rivals Sneak Away to Meet, and the Hunt Is On (By JEFF ZELENY, June 7, 2008)
OP-ED: What Hillary Won (By GAIL COLLINS, June 7, 2008)
* OP-ED: If Big Brown Wins, Racing Loses [Hedge Fund & Steroids Use]
(By PETER THOMAS FORNATALE, June 7, 2008)

Friday, June 6, 2008:
On This Day: June 6 (Diego Velazquez 6/6/1599-8/6/1660, Nathan Hale 6/6/1755-9/22/1776, John Trumbull 6/6/1756-11/10/1843, Alexandra 6/6/1872-7/16/1918, Sir Patrick Abercrombie 6/6/1879-3/23/1957, William Cosgrave 6/6/1880-11/16/1965, R. C. Sherriff 6/6/1896-11/13/1975, Sukarno 6/6/1901-6/21/1970, Jimmie Lunceford 6/6/1902-7/12/1947, Aram Khachaturian 6/6/1903-5/1/1978, Bill Dickey 6/6/1907-11/12/1993, Roy Innis 1934, Levi Stubbs 1936, Harvey Fierstein 1954, Sandra Bernhard 1955, Bjorn Borg 1956, Jimmy Jam 1959, Amanda Pays 1959, Max Casella 1967, Staci Keanan 1975)
* D-DAY: Hitler's Sea Wall Is Breached, Invaders Fighting Way Inland; New Allied Landings Are Made
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 6, 1944)
* Thomas Mann Dies at 80; Novelist Won Nobel Prize [6/6/1875-8/12/1955] (NY TIMES, August 13, 1955)

POLITICS: Obama Moves to Next Phase as Clinton Douses Talk of Ticket
(By JEFF ZELENY & ADAM NAGOURNEY, June 6, 2008)
WORLD: Germany Abuzz at Racy Novel of Sex and Hygiene (By NICHOLAS KULISH, June 6, 2008)
NY REGION: Clinton May Come Home to Find a Little Fence-Mending Is Needed
(By DAVID W. CHEN, June 6, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Art of Growing Up [Abraham Lincoln] (By DAVID BROOKS, June 6, 2008)

Thursday, June 5, 2008:
On This Day: June 5 (Adam Smith 6/5/1723-7/17/1790, John Couch Adams 6/5/1819-1/21/1892, Pat Garrett 6/5/1850-2/29/1908, Jan Thorn-Prikker 6/5/1868-3/5/1932, Pancho Villa 6/5/1878-6/20/1923, Ruth Benedict 6/5/1887-9/17/1948, Federico Garcia Lorca 6/5/1898-8/19/1936, William Boyd 6/5/1898-9/12/1972, Tony Richardson 6/5/1928-11/14/1991, Bill Moyers 1934, Floyd Butler 1941, Spalding Gray 1941, Fred Stone 1946, Laurie Anderson 1947)
Robert Kennedy is Dead at 42, Victim of Assassin (By GLADWIN HILL, June 5, 1968)
Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack at 63 [6/5/1883-4/21/1946] (NY TIMES, April 22, 1946)

POLITICS: For Clinton, a Key Group Didn't Hold (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, June 5, 2008)
POLITICS BLOG: Woman in Charge, Women Who Charge ["Sex and the City" film]
(By JUDITH WARNER, June 5, 2008)
NY REGION: Secret Service Detains Artist Over ÔAssassination' Exhibit (By SEWELL CHAN, June 5, 2008)
* OP-ED: Remembering Our Father
(By KERRY KENNEDY, JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II & KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND, June 5, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Food Is Gold, So Billions Invested in Farming (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, June 5, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY | State of the Art: Cell Services Keep It Easy, and Free
(By DAVID POGUE, June 5, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: Peter Rabbit Must Die (By JOYCE WADLER, June 5, 2008)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008:
On This Day: June 4 (George III 6/4/1738-1/29/1820, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 6/4/1867-1/27/1951, Alla Nazimova 6/4/1879-7/13/1945, Natalya Goncharova 6/4/1881-10/17/1962, Harry Crosby 6/4/1898-12/10/1929, Richard Whorf 6/4/1906-12/14/1966, Charles Collingwood 6/4/1917-10/3/1985, Howard Metzenbaum 1917, Robert Merrill 1919, Dennis Weaver 1924, John Drew Barrymore 1932, Bruce Dern 1936, Anthony Braxton 1945, Keith David 1956, Angelina Jolie 1975)
* Beijing Death Toll at Least 300; Army Tightens Control of City But Angry Resistance Goes On
(By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, June 4, 1989)
* Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70: Expert on Size of Earth's Core [6/4/1889-1/25/1960] (NY TIMES, January 28, 1960)

* NATIONAL: Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy (By LAURA BEIL, June 4, 2008)
POLITICS: Obama Clinches Nomination; First Black Candidate to Lead a Major Party Ticket
(By JEFF ZELENY, June 4, 2008)
OP-ED: She's Still Here! (By MAUREEN DOWD, June 4, 2008)
* HEALTH: New Hints Seen That Red Wine May Slow Aging (By NICHOLAS WADE, June 4, 2008)
* HEALTH & NUTRITION: Real Thought for Food for Long Workouts (By GINA KOLATA, June 4, 2008)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008:
On This Day: June 3 (James Hutton 6/3/1726-3/26/1797, William Hone 6/3/1780-11/6/1842, Jefferson Davis 6/3/1808-12/6/1889, Henry James 6/3/1811-12/18/1882, Charles Lecocq 6/3/1832-10/24/1918, Ransom Eli Olds 6/3/1864-8/26/1950, Raoul Dufy 6/3/1877-3/23/1953, Josephine Baker 6/3/1906-4/12/1975, William Douglas-Home 6/3/1912-9/28/1992, Colleen Dewhourst 6/3/1924-8/22/1991, Tony Curtis 1925, Ian Hunter 1939)
American Floats In Space For 20 Minutes As He And Partner Start 4 Days In Orbit (By WALTER SULLIVAN, June 3, 1965)
* Allen Ginsberg, Master Poet Of Beat Generation, Dies at 70 [6/3/1926-4/5/1997] (By WILBORN HAMPTON, April 6, 1997)

NATIONAL: As Clinton Campaign Winds Down, a Spouse Remains Wound Up (By MICHAEL LUO, June 3, 2008)
WORLD: In Spain, Water Is a New Battleground (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, June 3, 2008)
AUTOMOBILES: Trolling for Trouble in Red Light Districts (NY TIMES, June 3, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, June 3, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Dark, Perhaps Forever [Dark Energy] (By DENNIS OVERBYE, June 3, 2008)
* SCIENCE FINDINGS: The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least
[Ray Kurzweil] (By JOHN TIERNEY, June 3, 2008)
* HEALTH: The Science of Sarcasm (Not That You Care) (By DAN HURLEY, June 3, 2008)
* HEALTH: Experts Revive Debate Over Cellphones and Cancer (By TARA PARKER-POPE, June 3, 2008)
* HEALTH ESSAY: Repairing the Damage, Before Roe (By WALDO L. FIELDING, M.D., June 3, 2008)

Monday, June 2, 2008:
On This Day: June 2 (Martha Washington 6/2/1731-5/22/1802, Marquis de Sade 6/2/1740-12/2/1814, Thomas Hardy 6/2/1840-1/11/1928, Sir Edward Elgar 6/2/1857-2/23/1934, Felix Weingartner 6/2/1863-5/7/1942, Charles Stewart Mott 6/2/1875-2/18/1973, John Lehman 6/2/1907-4/7/1987, Barbara Pym 6/2/1913-1/11/1980, Charles Conrad, Jr. 6/2/1930-7/8/1999, Sally Kellerman 1937, William Guest 1941, Stacy Keach 1941, Charlie Watts 1941, Marvin Hamlisch 1944, Lasse Hallstrom 1946, Jerry Mathers 1948, Dana Carvey 1955)
* Elizabeth II Crowned In Abbey; Millions Cheer Parade In Rain (NY TIMES, May 31, 1889)
Johnny Weissmuller Dies at 79; Movie Tarzan and Olympic Gold Medalist
[6/2/1904-1/20/1984] (By ROBERT HANLEY, January 22, 1984)

NATIONAL: A $10 Mosquito Net Is Making Charity Cool (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., June 2, 2008)

Sunday, June 1, 2008:
On This Day: June 1 (Robert Cecil Salisbury 6/1/1563-5/24/1612, Jacques Marquette 6/1/1637-5/18/1675, Francesco Maffei 6/1/1675-2/11/1755, Brigham Young 6/1/1801-8/29/1877, Mikhail Glinka 6/1/1804-2/15/1857, John Marshall Harlan 6/1/1833-10/14/1911, John Masefield 6/1/1878-5/12/1967, C. K. Ogden 6/1/1889-3/20/1957, Molly Picon 6/1/1898-4/6/1992, Richard Erdman 1925, Andy Griffith 1926, Pat Corley 1930, Pat Boon 1934, Peter Masterson 1934, Morgan Freeman 1937, Rene Auberjonois 1940, Jonathan Pryce 1947, Ron Wood 1947, Graham Russell 1950, Lisa Harman Black 1956, Alanis Morrissette 1974)
* Helen Keller, 87, Dies (NY TIMES, June 1, 1968)
* Brilliant Stardom and Personal Tragedy Punctuated the Life of Marilyn Monroe at 36
[6/1/1926-8/5/1962] (NY TIMES, August 6, 1962)

* OP-ED: Put a Little Science in Your Life (By BRIAN GREENE, June 1, 2008)
OP-ED: Cult of Deception [Scott McClellan on Bush] (By MAUREEN DOWD, June 1, 2008)
FASHION: It's Not So Easy Being Less Rich (By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY, June 1, 2008)