Laborers in Central Asia came across the bones of an ancient
mammoth while quarrying on June 2. In a press release,
Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture explained that the remains
were found in "the sandy areas of the ancient floodplain of
the Jyrgalang River."

Kyrgyzstan is a country surrounded by Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and China. The discovery was found in the Issyk- 
Kul Region, which borders the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region of China.
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The discovered remains of the mammoth included its jaw
and teeth.

James Earl Ray (above) an escaped American convict, was arrested 
in London, England, and charged with the assassination of African
American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Rev. King was fatally wounded by a
sniper’s bullet while standing on the balcony outside his second-
story room at the Motel Lorraine.

That evening, a Remington .30-06 hunting rifle was found on the
sidewalk beside a rooming house one block from the Lorraine
Motel. During the next several weeks, the rifle, eyewitness reports,
and fingerprints on the weapon all implicated a single suspect:
James Earl Ray.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968)

James Earl Ray (1928 – 1998)

Ray died on April 23, 1998, just 19 days after the 30th
Anniversary of King’s Assassination, at the age of 70,
at the Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital in Madison,
Tennessee from complications related to kidney disease
and liver failure caused by hepatitis C.

George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was
published on June 8, 1949. The novel’s all-seeing leader,
known as “Big Brother,” became a universal symbol for
intrusive government and oppressive bureaucracy.

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
(25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)    
    

Liam (William John) Neeson was born June 7, 1952 in
Northern Ireland.  He has received accolades, including
nominations for Academy and two Tony Awards,three 
Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh
on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s 50 Greatest Film
Actors. He turned 72 Friday.
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Rose Festival Parade, NW corner of 10th & Madison.  

The first parade, in 1907, was called the Rose Carnival, but
eventually came to be known as the Rose Festival Parade
and later still the Grand Floral Parade. The 1907 festival
also included an "electric parade" with illuminated floats. 

Portland Rose Festival  (1912-1914).

Grand Floral Parade in 1954.