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the classics, the creative and the downright outlandish.
The Americans' new red, white and blue color-block road jerseys -- critics say they resemble Domino's Pizza delivery uniforms -- can't be as bad as the memorable faux denim outfits from 1994. But the vote is still out on how the newest outfit for the Stars and Stripes will go over.
"The USA jersey feels very patriotic," said Los Angeles designer and stylist Estιe Stanley of Estιe Stanley Design. "It's easy to identify the country as the U.S."
The U.S. isn't the only nation trying the block style.
Today in History
The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2014. There are 203 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On June 11, 1864, German composer Richard Strauss, known for such operas as "Der Rosenkavalier," ''Salome" and "Elektra" and tone poems like "Also sprach Zarathustra," was born in Munich.
On this date:
In 1509, England's King Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
In 1770, Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it.
In 1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner.
In 1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of two consecutive no-hitters as he led the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Bees. (Four days later, Vander Meer refused to give up a hit to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who lost, 6-0.)
In 1942, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II.
In 1959, the Saunders-Roe Nautical 1, the first operational hovercraft, was publicly demonstrated off the southern coast of England.
In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again.
In 1963, a Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc (tihk kwang duk), set himself afire (Continued on page 27)
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