THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008

Today is Thursday, June 12, the 164th day of 2008. There are 202 days left in the year.

1665 _ English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out

1787 _ Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old

1812 _ Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins

1839 _ First baseball game played in America

1849 _ Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky

1898 _ Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to U.S. control

1964 - South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment

1965 - Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction"

1967 _ Israel wins 6-day war

1989 _ Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids