FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013

Today is Friday, June 14, the 165th day of 2013. There are 200 days left in the year.

1775 ― U.S. Army founded

1834 ― Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr., Springfield, Vt.

1847 ― Bunson invents a gas burner; lab teachers celebrate worldwide

1881 ― Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr., Cambridge, Mass

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1940 ― German forces occupied Paris during WW II

1944 ― First B-29 raid against mainland Japan

1975 ― Janis Ian releases “At 17"

1982 ― Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Islands, ends 74-day conflict

1989 ― Nolan Ryan becomes second pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

1989 ― Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame