Today is Thursday, June 3, the 154th day of 2010. There are 211 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1621, the Dutch West India Company received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.

In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France.

In 1989, Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died. Chinese army troops began their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.

Thought for Today

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable." — Clare Boothe Luce, American author, politician and diplomat (1903-1987).