FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010

Today is Friday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2010. There are 203 days left in the year.

1184 B.C. _ Greeks finally captured Troy

1770 _ Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef

1895 _ First auto race

1919 _ Sir Barton becomes first horse to win the Triple Crown

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

1942 _ U.S. and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II

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

1969 _ David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity"

1982 _ Movie ``ET _ The Extraterrestrial" released (highest grossing film)

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