Today is Friday, June 6, the 158th day of 2008. There are 208 days left in the year.
1523 _ Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
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.)
1934 _ Securities and Exchange Commission established
1944 _ D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France
1972 _ Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
1975 _ British voters decide to remain in Common Market
1982 _ 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
1984 _ 1,200 die in Sikh ``Golden Temple" uprising India