Opinion - The Korea Times

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012

Today is Thursday, June 14, the 166th day of 2012. 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 1940 ― German forces occupied Paris during WW II 1944 ― First B-29 raid against mainland Japan 1949 ― State of Vietnam formed 1951 ― First commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau 1975 ― Janis Ian releases ``At 17" 1982 ― Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict 1989 ― Nolan Ryan becomes second pitcher to defeat all 26 teams

Jun 13, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012

Today is Wednesday, June 13, the 165th day of 2012. There are 201 days left in the year. 1373 ― Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed 1900 ― China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians 1921 ― Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits two HRs beating Tigers 11-8 1927 ― Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A. Lindbergh to NYC 1940 ― Paris evacuated before the German advance 1946 ― First transcontinental round-trip flight in one day, California-Maryland 1970 ― Beatles' ``Let It Be," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for four weeks 1971 ― NY Times began publishing ``The Pentagon Papers" 1980 ― U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1983 ― Pioneer 10 becomes first man-made object to leave Solar System

Jun 12, 2012

TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012

Today is Tuesday, June 12, the 164th day of 2012. There are 202 days left in the year. 1665 ― English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1812 ― Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins 1839 ― First baseball game played in America 1849 ― Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky. 1952 ― 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, Texas 1964 ― South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment 1965 ― Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction" 1967 ― Israel wins 6-day war 1967 ― Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1989 ― Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids

Jun 11, 2012

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012

Today is Monday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2012. There are 203 days left in the year. 1184 B.C. ― Greeks finally captures Troy 1939 ― King & Queen of England taste first ``hot dogs" at FDR's party 1947 ― WW II sugar rationing finally ends 1963 ― JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is ``time to act" 1969 ― David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity" 1982 ― Movie ``ET The Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest-grossing film) 1987 ― Margaret Thatcher is first British P.M. in 160 years to win third consecutive term 1988 ― Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes first pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) 1989 ― Youngest male French Open champ and first U.S. champ since 1955, Michael Chang, 17, beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 1991 ― Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0

Jun 10, 2012

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012

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

Jun 8, 2012

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012

Today is Friday, June 8, the 160th day of 2012. There are 206 days left in the year. 452 ― Italy invaded by Attila the Hun 570 ― Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca 1786 ― First commercially-made ice cream sold (NYC) 1824 ― Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1869 ― Ives W. McGaffey of Chicago patents first vacuum cleaner (it sucks) 1967 ― Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen 1968 ― Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning 1968 ― James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured 1968 ― Rolling Stones release ``Jumpin' Jack Flash" 1979 ― ``The Source,” first computer public information service, goes online

Jun 7, 2012

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012

Today is Thursday, June 7, the 159th day of 2012. There are 207 days left in the year. 1654 ― Louis XIV crowned king of France 1775 ― United Colonies change name to United States 1864 ― Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party 1905 ― Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) 1924 ― George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775 meters from Mt. Everest's summit 1929 ― Vatican City becomes a sovereign state 1930 ― NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in ``Negro" 1963 ― First Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) and release first single, ``Come on" 1972 ― German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 1981 ― Israel destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility

Jun 6, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012

Today is Wednesday, June 6, the 158th day of 2012. There are 208 days left in the year. 1523 ― Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) 1813 ― U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek, Ontario 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.) 1942 ― Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1944 ― D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1967 ― Six-day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin 1977 ― Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws 1988 ― George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)

Jun 5, 2012

TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012

Today is Tuesday, June 5, the 157th day of 2012. There are 209 days left in the year. 1661 ― Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1855 ― Anti-Foreign Anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention 1876 ― Bananas become popular in U.S., at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia 1912 ― U.S. marines invade Cuba (3rd time) 1940 ― First synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron, Ohio 1945 ― USA, U.K., USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany 1947 ― Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines ``The Marshall Plan" 1950 ― U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 1968 ― Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day 1977 ― First personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale

Jun 4, 2012

MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012

Today is Monday, June 4, the 156th day of 2012. There are 210 days left in the year. 780 B.C. ― First total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese 1647 ― British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner 1783 ― Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned) 1919 ― Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1929 ― George Eastman demonstrates first Technicolor movie (Rochester, N.Y.) 1942 ― Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II 1946 ― Largest solar prominence (300,000 mile/500,000 km) observed 1965 ― Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction" 1989 ― Beijing cop shoots and wounds Chinese Premier Li Ping 1989 ― Eastern Europe's first somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland

Jun 3, 2012

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