SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008

Today is Saturday, June 14, the 166th day of 2008. There are 200 days left in the year.

1775 _ U.S. Army founded

1777 _ Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag

1881 _ Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr., Cambridge, Mass

1940 _ German forces occupied Paris during WW II

1944 _ First B-29 raid against mainland Japan

1949 _ State of Vietnam formed

1967 _ Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by

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