FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012

Today is Friday, June 8, the 160th day of 2012. There are 206 days left in the year.

452 ― Italy invaded by Attila the Hun

570 ― Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca

1786 ― First commercially-made ice cream sold (NYC)

1824 ― Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec

1869 ― Ives W. McGaffey of Chicago patents first vacuum cleaner (it sucks)

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

1968 ― Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning

1968 ― James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured

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

1979 ― ``The Source,” first computer public information service, goes online