Today is Friday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2024. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins today. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 21, 2021, a tornado packing 140 mph winds swept thro…
Residents walk past a damaged home and trees after a tornado passed through the area in the early hours of June 21, 2021 in Woodridge.Today is Friday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2024. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins today.On June 21, 2021, a tornado packing 140 mph winds swept through communities in heavily populated suburban Chicago, damagingIn 1377, King Edward III died after ruling England for 50 years; he was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
In 1964, civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney were slain in Philadelphia, Mississippi; their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later. In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration announced that cigarette packs in the U.S. would have to carry macabre images that included rotting teeth and gums, diseased lungs and a sewn-up corpse of a smoker as part of a graphic campaign aimed at discouraging Americans from lighting up.
In 2018, first lady Melania Trump visited with migrant children during a brief stop at a Texas facility housing some children separated from their parents at the border; she caused a stir when she left Washington wearing a green, hooded military jacket with lettering that said, “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?”
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