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2012-06-08 17:04

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012

Today is Saturday, June 9, the 161st day of 2012. There are 205 days left in the year.

1822 ― Charles Graham receives first patent for false teeth

1902 ― First Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St., Philadelphia)

1914 ― Honus Wagner becomes first baseball player to get 3,000 hits

1944 ― 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn.

1972 ― First all-nite grad parties

1977 ― Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks

1978 ― Gutenberg Bible (one of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London

1985 ― USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus

1989 ― Michael Chang’s French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals

1997 ― British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
  • 1. Foreign schools unsupervised
  • 2. NK launches three short-range guided missiles: defense ministry
  • 3. 'NK has 200 mobile launchers'
  • 4. Tax office to inspect alcohol industry
  • 5. Woman jailed for stabbing husband to death after quarrel
  • 6. K-pop industry seeks leap forward
  • 7. Ahn-Moon rivalry kicks in
  • 8. When healthcare becomes a vacation
  • 9. Housing market bouncing back
  • 10. Korea still behind in software power
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