WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012

Today is Wednesday, June 6, the 158th day of 2012. There are 208 days left in the year.

1523 ― Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)

1813 ― U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek, Ontario

1844 ― Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London

1882 ― Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC

1933 ― First drive-in theatre opens (Camden, N.J.)

1942 ― Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway

1944 ― D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France

1967 ― Six-day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin

1977 ― Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws

1988 ― George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)