@rh18bold:Today in History

Today is Tuesday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2009. There are 212 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey in London 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI; it was the first coronation to be televised.

Thought for Today

"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't." — Mark Twain (1835-1910).