Today is Saturday, June 9, the 161st day of 2012. There are 205 days left in the year.
1822 ― Charles Graham receives first patent for false teeth
1902 ― First Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St., Philadelphia)
1914 ― Honus Wagner becomes first baseball player to get 3,000 hits
1944 ― 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn.
1972 ― First all-nite grad parties
1977 ― Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1978 ― Gutenberg Bible (one of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1985 ― USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1989 ― Michael Chang’s French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1997 ― British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires