- In 1967, war erupted in the Mideast as Israel raided Egyptian military targets. Syria, Jordan and Iraq entered the conflict.

- In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested.

- In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control reported that five homosexuals in Los Angeles had come down with a rare kind of pneumonia; they were the first recognized cases of what later became known as AIDS.

- Ten years ago: Country star Conway Twitty died in Springfield, Mo., at age 59.

- One year ago: Elizabeth Smart, 14, disappeared from her Salt Lake City home. She was found alive in a Salt Lake suburb the following March; two people are accused of abducting her.

- Thought for today: "Dare to be naive." -- R. Buckminster Fuller, American inventor and philosopher (1895-1983)