Today is Tuesday, June 12, the 164th day of the year.
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Weather
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Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly after 5 p.m. Patchy fog before 7 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 70. South wind between 9 - 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Events & Reminders
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Today in History
- 1978 – David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
- 1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
- 1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
- 1864 – American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
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