Wednesday June 23, 2004

Historical Events

• The White House released a February 7, 2002 memo by President George W. Bush in which he ordered humane treatment for captured Taliban and al Qaeda fighters despite a Justice Department legal opinion that it does not apply to the Geneva Convention. The Senate Democrats requested 21 other memos, but none have been released. No memos regarding Iraq or Abu-Ghraib Prison has been released.
• Gordon B. Hinckley (15th president of LDS church), was awarded the presidential medal of Freedom by George W. Bush.
• A memo from the U.S. Justice Department stating that the legal opinion stated that the president was "authorized to torture prisoners" is released by the U.S. Administration. This memo shows that Donald Rumsfeld rejected the approval of coercive physical measures. However, he approved "mild, not injurious physical contact" and the use of "detainees individual phobias (such fear of dogs).
• The U.S. government claims that it has refused to allow torture even though this would be legal.
• Federal Judge allows a class action lawsuit by unprecedented women in a case involving sexual discrimination at Wal Mart.
• Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim Prime Minster, vows to pursue militants who threaten to assassinate his government. He also dismissed their bloody campaign in advance of a U.S. handover of Iraqi control within a week.
• Saudi Arabia offers amnesty for militants affiliated with al Qaida who surrender within one month.
• The United States gives up on trying to protect its soldiers from prosecution by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
• Mainland Chinese vandals attack the Democratic Progressive Party website for the second consecutive time in just two weeks. They use propaganda from the People's Liberation Army.
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See also

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Who was born on June 23, 2004?

• Mana Ashida

  Japanese actress and singer

• Aleksandra Trúsova
• Laneya Grace

  Model

• Mana Ashida (芦田愛菜)

Other June 23rd famous birthdays

• Zinedine Zidane

  French footballer who is widely regarded as one of the best players of all time, now retired. Zidane played as an attacking midfielder, and was the leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship. He currently holds the post of Real Madrid Director of Football

• Stuart Sutcliffe

  original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at age 21.

• June Carter Cash

  American musician and singer (Born 1929)

• Alan Turing

  British mathematician, logician, scientist and the technical genius behind Britain’s successful efforts to break German codes in World War II, Turing made inestimable contributions to cybernetics. His "Computable Numbers," 1937, is considered one of the outstanding scientific papers of the 20th century, a blueprint for what would become the electronic digital computer. His "Universal Turing Machine" was an ancestor for …

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How old am I?

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Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Cancer

Cancer personality

Who should a Cancer marry?

Babies born in June are either Gemini or Cancer. People born before June 20th are Gemini, while people born from June 21st have the sign of Cancer

Personality of June born

Chinese Zodiac

Monkey

The day of the week was Wednesday.

June 23rd marks the 174th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2004.

There are 191 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

June 2004 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Usher - Burn
2. Usher - Confessions Part II
3. Hoobastank - The Reason
4. Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know
5. Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Mario Winans featuring Enya & P Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know
2. Frankee - FURB (F U Right Back)
3. Kelis - Trick Me
4. Cassidy featuring R Kelly - Hotel
5. Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Usher - Burn
2. Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
3. Usher - Confessions Part II
4. Twista - Overnight Celebrity
5. Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim - Slow Motion

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Jennifer Pena - Vivo Y Muero En Tu Piel
2. Marc Anthony - Ahora Quien
3. Los Horoscopos de Durango - Dos Locos
4. Franco de Vita - Tu De Que Vas
5. Marco Antonio Solis - Mas Que Tu Amigo

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $44.91
• Apple AAPL: opens at $33.00
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $28.00
• General Electric GE: opens at $32.86
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $90.10

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 108.56 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.3607 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2535 CHF
• 1 EUR = 131.2 JPY
• 1 EUR = 0.6651 GBP