Sunday,  June 24, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 346 • 23 of 25 •  Other Editions

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while England is shaking off past inhibitions.
• The European Championship is turning out better than expected for the English and Italians, who meet on Sunday in the quarterfinals.
• The Italians are providing a welcome distraction from another match-fixing scandal at home after setting out in the tournament under siege from fans -- and the police.
• England also entered Euro 2012 at a low ebb after a hastily appointed new coach was given the task of putting together a team which could just compete credibly.
• But they've already managed to register a first competitive victory over Sweden and triumph over the host of a European Championship when they beat Ukraine to advance as group winners.
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Today in History
The Associated Press

• Today is Sunday, June 24, the 176th day of 2012. There are 190 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On June 24, 1982, a British Airways Boeing 747 with 262 people aboard experienced the failure of all four engines at an altitude of 37,000 feet while passing through volcanic ash generated by Mount Galunggung in Indonesia. (By the time the crew was able to restart the engines, the jumbo jet had glided down to 12,000 feet before making a safe emergency landing in Jakarta.)
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• On this date:
• In 1314, the forces of Scotland's King Robert I defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.
• In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.
• In 1793, the first republican constitution in France was adopted.
• In 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was later acquitted).
• In 1908, the 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland,

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