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• In 1967, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic opened in San Francisco.
• In 1972, the musical "Grease" opened on Broadway, having already been performed in lower Manhattan.
• In 1981, Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
• In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious groups can sometimes meet on school property after hours.
• In 1998, in a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death for the crime; a third received life with the possibility of parole.)
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• Ten years ago: In a national first, New Hampshire Episcopalians elected the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, their next bishop. A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed four German peacekeepers; the blast also killed a teenage Afghan bystander. Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4 at the French Open, in the first all-Belgian Grand Slam final. Empire Maker beat Kentucky Derby-Preakness winner Funny Cide in the Belmont Stakes.
• Five years ago: Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her pioneering campaign for the presidency and endorsed fellow Democrat Barack Obama. Longshot Da' Tara spoiled Big Brown's bid for a Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes. Ana Ivanovic won her first Grand Slam title by beating Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3 in the French Open. Veteran sportscaster Jim McKay died in Monkton, Md., at age 86.
• One year ago: Attorney General Eric Holder clashed with Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee seeking more information about a flawed gun-trafficking investigation in Arizona known as "Operation Fast and Furious." Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who went on to write songs and record several hits during a solo career, died in Nashville; he was 65.
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• Today's Birthdays: Movie director James Ivory is 85. Actress Virginia McKenna is 82. Singer Tom Jones is 73. Poet Nikki Giovanni is 70. Actor Ken Osmond ("Leave It to Beaver") is 70. Former talk show host Jenny Jones is 67. Actress Anne Twomey is 62. Actor Liam Neeson is 61. Actress Colleen Camp is 60. Singer-songwriter Johnny Clegg is 60. Author Louise Erdrich (UR'-drihk) is 59. Actor William Forsythe is 58. Record producer L.A. Reid is 57. Latin pop singer Juan Luis Guerra is 56. Singer-songwriter Prince is 55. Rock singer-musician Gordon Gano (The Violent Femmes) is 50. Rapper Ecstasy (Whodini) is 49. Rock musician Eric

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