TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013

Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2013. There are 203 days left in the year.

1184 B.C. ― Greeks finally captures Troy

1895 ― First auto race

1939 ― King & Queen of England taste first “hot dogs” at FDR’s party

1947 ― WW II sugar rationing finally ends

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

1989 ― Youngest male French Open champ and first U.S. champ since 1955; Michael Chang, 17, beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden

1991 ― Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0