Today is Tuesday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2010. There are 192 days left in the year.
1675 _ Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
1772 _ Slavery outlawed in England
1815 _ Second abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
1847 _ Doughnut created
1938 _ Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium
1940 _ France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed
1941 _ Finland invades Karelia
1941 _ Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1981 _ Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
1983 _ First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by space shuttle