THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009

Today is Thursday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2009. There are 203 days left in the year.

1184 B.C. _ Greeks finally captured Troy

1770 _ Captain Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef

1895 _ First auto race

1936 _ Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia

1939 _ King & Queen of England taste first ``hot dogs" at FDR's party

1963 _ JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is ``time to act"

1969 _ David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity"

1982 _ Movie ``ET The Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)

1987 _ Margaret Thatcher is first British P.M. in 160 years to win third consecutive term

1991 _ Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0