Today is Friday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2008. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer arrives at 7:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Olympia Dukakis is 77. Actor Martin Landau is 77. Producer Tina Sinatra is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lionel Richie is 59. Actor John Goodman is 56. Actress Nicole Kidman is 41. Thought for Today: “Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith.”—Franz Kafka, Austrian author and poet (1883-1924).