By The Associated Press

              - Today is Tuesday, June 22, the 173rd day of 1999. There are 192 days
                left in the year.

              - On June 22, 1945, the World War II battle for Okinawa officially
                ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the
                81-day campaign.
              - In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time.
              - In 1868 Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
              - In 1870 Congress created the Department of Justice.
              - In 1938 heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max
                Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.
              - In 1940 during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory
                as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German
                forces overran Paris.
              - In 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II.
              - In 1944 President Roosevelt signed the "GI Bill of Rights."
              - In 1969 singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47.
              - In 1970 President Nixon signed a bill lowering the voting age to 18.
              - In 1993 former first lady Pat Nixon died in Park Ridge, N.J., at age
                81.

              - Ten years ago the government of Angola and the anti-Communist rebels
                of the UNITA movement agreed to a formal truce in their 14-year-old
                civil war.
              - Five years ago President Clinton announced North Korea had confirmed
                its willingness to freeze its nuclear program. The Houston Rockets
                defeated the New York Knicks 90-84 to win the NBA championship.
              - One year ago the Supreme Court made it much harder for students who
                are sexually harassed by teachers to hold school districts
                financially responsible, ruling 5-4 that a key anti-bias law applies
                only if administrators know about the misconduct. Actress Maureen
                O'Sullivan died in Scottsdale, Ariz., at age 87.
 

              *Happy Birthday*
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              - Movie director Billy Wilder is 93.
              - Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh is 93.
              - Fashion designer Bill Blass is 77.
              - Actor Ralph Waite is 71.
              - Country singer Roy Drusky is 69.
              - Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Cal., is 66.
              - Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 63.
              - CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley is 58.
              - Actor Michael Lerner is 58.
              - Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 56.
              - Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 55.
              - Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 55.
              - Actor Andrew Rubin is 53.
              - Actor David L. Lander is 52.
              - Singer Howard "Eddie" Kaylan is 52.
              - Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 51.
              - Actress Meryl Streep is 50.
              - Actress Lindsay Wagner is 50.
              - Singer Alan Osmond is 50.
              - Actor Murphy Cross is 49.
              - Actor Graham Greene is 47.
              - Actor Chris Lemmon is 45.
              - Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 42.
              - Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 41.
              - Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 40.
              - Actress Tracy Pollan is 39.
              - Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 38.
              - Rock singer-musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 35.
              - Actress Amy Brenneman is 35.
              - Actress Paula Irvine is 31.
              - Rock singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 29.
              - Rock musician Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 26.
              - Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 14.