Today in History for June 2000

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

1st - The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
12th - Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
13th - Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
13th - President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
16th - Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
18th - 100th US Golf Open: at Pebble Beach Golf Links Calif
19th - Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers 4-2 in NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
19th - Tiger Woods wins golf's US Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a US Open to-par record score of -12
21st - Section 28 (outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom) is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
28th - Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
29th - Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 6 of 6

4th - "Titanic" producer-director James Cameron (45) weds actress Suzy Amis (38) in Malibu, California
10th - "Live! with Kelly and Michael" executive producer Michael Gelman (38) weds CBS's Early Show correspondent Laurie Hibberd (36) at a Long Island estate
15th - "Murphy Brown" actress Candice Bergen (54) weds New York real estate magnate Marshall Rose (63) at a Manhattan synagogue
17th - Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson (28) weds Kristin Willits (29) at Lee County's Cathedral Domain in Kentucky
24th - "Dixie Chicks" lead vocalist Natalie Maines (25) weds "Profit" actor Adrian Pasdar (35) at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
28th - Business magnate Ron Perelman (69) weds actress Ellen Barkin (46) in a traditional Jewish ceremony at an upper East Side synagogue

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 20 of 20

2nd - Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927)
2nd - Gerald Whitrow, British mathematician (b. 1912)
5th - Don Liddle, baseball player (b. 1925)
6th - Frédéric Dard, French writer (b. 1921)
8th - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b. 1948)
9th - Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)
10th - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930)
10th - Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
12th - P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)
14th - Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
15th - Jules Roy, French writer (b. 1907)
16th - Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
17th - Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 1931)
18th - Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
21st - Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911)
24th - Vera Atkins, Romanian-born British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
24th - David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
28th - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (b. 1913)
28th - Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
29th - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)