MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009

Today is Monday, June 8, the 159th day of 2009. There are 206 days left in the year.

452 _ Italy invaded by Attila the Hun

1786 _ First commercially-made ice cream sold (N.Y.)

1824 _ Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec

1889 _ Cable Cars begin service in L.A.

1940 _ Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced

1965 _ U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam

1967 _ Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen

1968 _ Rolling Stones release ``Jumpin' Jack Flash"

1979 _ The Source, first computer public information service, goes online

1986 _ Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected president of Austria