Today is Thursday, June 12, the 164th day of 2008. There are 202 days left in the year.
1665 _ English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out
1787 _ Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1812 _ Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
1839 _ First baseball game played in America
1849 _ Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky
1898 _ Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to U.S. control
1964 - South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
1965 - Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction"
1967 _ Israel wins 6-day war
1989 _ Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids