Today in History: Monday, June 16, 2014

AP Highlight in History:  On June 16, 1858, Accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
On this date in: 1812 The City Bank of New York (later Citibank) opened for business. 1890 Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Lancashire, England. 1897 The United States signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii. 1903 Ford Motor Co. was incorporated. 1911 The forerunner of IBM was incorporated in New York State as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. 1932 President Herbert Hoover was renominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. 1960 "Psycho," directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in New York. 1963 The Soviet Union launched the first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit aboard Vostok 6. AP Photo/ITAR-TASS 1967 The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival - which catapulted Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin to stardom - opened in northern California. 1976 Riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto. 1978 President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties. President Carter 1987 A jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the subway shooting of four young blacks he said were going to rob him; he was convicted of illegal weapons possession. 1996 Russians voted in the country's first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin, the eventual winner, and a Communist challenger. 2011 Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women..		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Golfer Phil Mickelson turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Mark Duncan Name Profession Age Joyce Carol Oates Author 76 Billy "Crash" Craddock Country singer 76 Lamont Dozier Songwriter 73 Eddie Levert R&B singer (The O'Jays) 72 Joan Van Ark Actress ("Knot's Landing") 71 Roberto Duran Boxer 63 Gino Vannelli Pop singer 62 Laurie Metcalf Actress ("Roseanne") 59 Missy Peregrym Actress 32