LOCAL HEADLINES
- Enjoy Today: Heat Wave on Way (Inquirer)
- Martinez Says Dialogue Key in Philly Schools (Tribune)
- Blogging Teacher Fired (CBS3)
- Warming up a bit
- HIGHS: 85°
- WIND: WNW 17 mph
TODAY IN HISTORY
- 1950 – President Harry Truman announces he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea.
- 1985 – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials decertifies the iconic Route 66 and votes to remove all its highway signs.
- 1939 – One of the most famous scenes in movie history is filmed – Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara parting in “Gone with the Wind.”
- 1988 – Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson knocks out challenger Michael Spinks 91 seconds into the first round.
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