TODAY IN HISTORYToday is Saturday, June 16, the 167th day of 2007. There are 198 days left in the year.

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In 1940, Marshal Philippe Petain was asked to form a new government in Vichy, France — the German-controlled but unoccupied area of France after the Nazi invasion.

In 1948, the first airplane hijacking took place when Chinese bandits tried to take over a flight from Macao to Hong Kong. The plane crashed and the bandits’ leader was the sole survivor.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” — Henry Ford, American industrialist (1863-1947).