TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010

Today is Tuesday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2010. There are 192 days left in the year.

1675 _ Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II

1772 _ Slavery outlawed in England

1815 _ Second abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)

1847 _ Doughnut created

1938 _ Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium

1940 _ France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed

1941 _ Finland invades Karelia

1941 _ Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II

1981 _ Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon

1983 _ First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by space shuttle