THE UGLIEST DOG CONTEST WINNER

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COOS BAY, Ore. — Oregon has yet another gem in its crown –
Wild Thang, the official World’s Ugliest Dog!

Wild Thang, an 8-year-old-Pekingese, won the World’s Ugliest
Dog championship at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma,
California on Friday.

The World’s Ugliest Dog contest has been a highlight at the
fair for almost 50 years and promotes adopting dogs from
shelters, instead of breeders, especially senior dogs.
(by Allison Berry, Associated Press)

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Ann Lewis, of Coos Bay, Ore., holds her dog Wild Thang after winning first place at the World’s Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, Calif., Friday, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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ROSWELL REPORT RELEASED ON THIS DAY

On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials released a 231-page
report
dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft
crash in
Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.

Public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, began
to flourish in the 1940s, when developments in space travel
and the dawn of the atomic age caused many Americans to
turn their attention to the skies.

The town of Roswell near the Pecos River in southeastern
New Mexico became a magnet for UFO believers due to the
strange events of early July 1947, when ranch foreman W.W.
Brazel found a strange, shiny material scattered over some
of his land. He turned the material over to the sheriff, who
passed it on to authorities at the nearby Air Force base.

On July 8, Air Force officials announced they had recovered the wreckage of a “flying disk.” A local newspaper put the story on
its front page, launching Roswell into the spotlight of the public’s
UFO fascination.
 

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UFO at 65: What really happened at Roswell? | Fox News

New 'compelling evidence' found at Roswell UFO site could prove alien craft crashed in 1947 ...
Roswell base intel officer Major Jesse Marcel (above) has claimed he was forced to pose before reporters with the 
weather-balloon debris he did not witness at the Roswell
UFO crash site.
 

Kimbler, who teaches earth sciences and geology at the New Mexico Military Institute, said he had pulled this particular metal fragment from an ant hill within the Roswell debris field. Above, a sign directing Roswell visitors to the start of a '1947 UFO Crash Site Tour' circa 1997

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POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY ~


FOX NEWS

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BURTON MOVIE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1989

Batman (1989)

On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known story
of the DC Comics hero
Batman was released in theaters.

Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce
Wayne, who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting
Batman after witnessing his parents’ brutal murder as a child.

Batman (1989) - Movie HD Wallpapers

Batman 1989 Wallpaper (86+ images)

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ACTRESS DISCOVERED DECEASED IN 1969

Judy Garland Last Photo

JONNO.com* • Judy Garland, 47, Found Dead - New York Times -... | Judy garland, Historical news ...

Legendary performer Judy Garland, 47, dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 22 1969 ...
Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

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