Today is Thursday, June 14, the 166th day of 2012. There are 200 days left in the year.

1775 ― U.S. Army founded

1834 ― Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr., Springfield, Vt.

1847 ― Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide

1940 ― German forces occupied Paris during WW II

1944 ― First B-29 raid against mainland Japan

1949 ― State of Vietnam formed

1951 ― First commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau

1975 ― Janis Ian releases ``At 17"

1982 ― Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict

1989 ― Nolan Ryan becomes second pitcher to defeat all 26 teams