Today in HistoryToday is Monday, June 18, the 169th day of 2007. There are 196 days left in the year.

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In 1586, English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in the Americas.

In 1812, the United States declared war against Britain.

In 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, “This was their finest hour”.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“Frailty, thy name is no longer woman.” — Victor Riesel, US labour journalist (1913-1995).