AP Highlight in History:
On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen car in Bienville Parish, La.
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| 1430 | Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English. |
| 1533 | The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void. |
| 1701 | Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder. |
| 1788 | South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
| 1873 | Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. |
| 1915 | Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I. |
| 1937 | Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died at age 97. |
| 1945 | Nazi official and SS chief Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany. |
| 1960 | Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. |
| 1992 | The United States and four former Soviet republics signed an agreement in Lisbon, Portugal, to implement the START missile reduction treaty that had been agreed to by the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution. |
| 1997 | Iranians elected a moderate president, Mohammad Khatami, over hard-liners in the ruling Muslim clergy. |
| 2002 | Golfer Sam Snead died at age 89. |
| 2003 | Congress sent President George W. Bush a $330 billion package of tax cuts - the third of his presidency. |
| 2006 | ABC named Charles Gibson to replace Elizabeth Vargas as anchor of its "World News Tonight" evening newscast. |
| 2006 | Former senator, vice-presidential candidate and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen died at age 85. |
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| Name | Profession | Age | ||||||
| Betty Garrett | Actress ("All in the Family," "Laverne and Shirley") | 90 | ||||||
| Alicia de Larrocha | Pianist | 86 | ||||||
| Mac Wiseman | Bluegrass singer | 84 | ||||||
| Nigel Davenport | Actor | 81 | ||||||
| Barbara Barrie | Actress | 78 | ||||||
| Joan Collins | Actress ("Dynasty") | 76 | ||||||
| Charles Kimbrough | Actor ("Murphy Brown") | 73 | ||||||
| General Johnson | R&B singer | 66 | ||||||
| John Newcombe | Tennis Hall of Famer | 65 | ||||||
| Lauren Chapin | Actress ("Father Knows Best") | 64 | ||||||
| Misty Morgan | Country singer | 64 | ||||||
| Judy Rodman | Country singer | 58 | ||||||
| Marvin Hagler | Boxer | 57 | ||||||
| Luka Bloom | Folk, rock singer | 54 | ||||||
| Drew Carey | Actor, game show host | 51 | ||||||
| Shelly West | Country singer | 51 | ||||||
| Linden Ashby | Actor | 49 | ||||||
| Karen Duffy | Actress, model | 48 | ||||||
| Phil Selway | Rock musician (Radiohead) | 42 | ||||||
| Laurel Holloman | Actress ("The L Word") | 41 | ||||||
| Matt Flynn | Rock musician (Maroon 5) | 39 | ||||||
| Lorenzo | R&B singer | 37 | ||||||
| Brian McComas | Country singer | 37 | ||||||
| Maxwell | R&B singer | 36 | ||||||
| Lane Garrison | Actor ("Prison Break") | 29 | ||||||
| Adam Wylie | Actor | 25 | ||||||
Ten years ago: Social Democrat Johannes Rau won election to Germany's largely ceremonial presidency. Professional wrestler Owen Hart, also known as "The Blue Blazer," died when he fell 78 feet from a cable as he was being lowered into the ring at a World Wrestling Federation show in Kansas City, Mo. "Rosetta," a Belgian film, won top honors at the 52nd annual Cannes Film Festival.
Five years ago: A large section of the roof of a new passenger terminal at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport collapsed, killing four people. A river ferry capsized in eastern Bangladesh during a storm, leaving as many as 200 dead.
One year ago: Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds. Televangelist John Hagee parted ways with John McCain following a storm over his endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate. (McCain rejected Hagee's endorsement after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God had sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.) Myanmar's rulers lifted a ban on foreign aid workers and commercial ships, but refused cyclone aid from U.S., French and British military ships.
Thought for Today: "He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward." -- Harry Emerson Fosdick, American clergyman (1878-1969).
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