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It was on this day in 1940, as Paris became occupied, loud speakers 
announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 pm.

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The main gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.


The Nazis also opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-
occupied Poland on this day in 1940.  
 

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Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 – June 15, 1985)

Stethem was a U.S. Navy Seabee who was murdered by Hezbollah terrorists
while aboard flight 847 during the
hijacking.

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The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes"
as the national flag of the United States. The Resolution stated "Resolved:
that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, that would
represent a new Constellation."

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On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed
June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."

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Donald John Trump is 71 years old today. He is the
45th, current President of the United States.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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The song "You’re My Everything" was recorded by
The Temptations for
the Gordy Motown label. It reached number three on the
U.S. R&B chart
and number six on the
U.S. Pop chart. It would be the third single from
the group’s 1967 album The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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The song “Maybe” by the Ink Spots went to the #2 position on
the U.S. Pop Music Charts.

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ALBUM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1978

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Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the Rolling
Stones
, It reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, and became
the band’s top selling album in the U.S. certified by the RIAA as having six
million copies sold as of 2000. It became the only Rolling Stones album to be
nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year category. Many reviewers
called it a classic return to form and their best album since 1972’s Exile on
Main St.

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JOHNNY DEPP IS 54 YEARS OLD TODAY

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John Christopher Depp II was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Actor, producer, and musician Johnny Depp has won the Golden Globe Award
and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He became a teen idol on the
1980s syndicated television series 21 Jump Street (1987- 1991).  

Depp dreamed of being a rock musician and dropped out of school at fifteen to
perform music with his band.

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1990

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2011

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