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SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2010

Today is Monday, June 14, the 165th day of 2010. There are 200 days left in the year. 1642 _ First compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts 1775 _ U.S. Army founded 1777 _ Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1834 _ Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr., Springfield, Vt. 1900 _ Hawaiian Republic becomes the U.S. Territory of Hawaii 1940 _ German forces occupied Paris during WW II 1951 _ First commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau 1967 _ USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit 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, 2010

SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010

Today is Saturday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2010. There are 202 days left in the year. 1665 _ English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1792 _ George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, B.C. 1812 _ Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins 1849 _ Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky. 1880 _ First baseball perfect game _ John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland 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 _ Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1989 _ Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids

Jun 11, 2010

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010

Today is Friday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2010. There are 203 days left in the year. 1184 B.C. _ Greeks finally captured Troy 1770 _ Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef 1895 _ First auto race 1919 _ Sir Barton becomes first horse to win the Triple Crown 1939 _ King & Queen of England taste first ``hot dogs" at FDR's party 1942 _ U.S. and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II 1963 _ JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is ``time to act" 1969 _ David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity" 1982 _ Movie ``ET _ The Extraterrestrial" released (highest grossing film) 1987 _ Margaret Thatcher is first British P.M. in 160 years to win third consecutive term

Jun 10, 2010

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010

Today is Thursday, June 10, the 161st day of 2010. There are 204 days left in the year. 1752 _ Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! 1801 _ Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute 1865 _ Wagner's ``Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich, Germany 1916 _ Great Arab Revolt begin 1921 _ Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with No. 120 (Gavvy Cravath) 1966 _ Janis Joplin first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in S.F.) 1967 _ Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end ``6-Day War" with U.N. help 1984 _ U.S. missile shot down an incoming missile in space for first time 1985 _ Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula 1989 _ Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17, beats heavily favored Steffi Graf, also first Spaniard to win a grand slam title

Jun 9, 2010

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010

Today is Wednesday, June 9, the 160th day of 2010. There are 205 day left in the year. 1822 _ Charles Graham receives first patent for false teeth 1883 _ First commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El) 1902 _ First Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St. Phila) 1931 _ First showing of a Donald Duck cartoon 1944 _ 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn 1963 _ Movie ``Cleopatra" opens in NYC 1977 _ Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks 1978 _ Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London 1989 _ ``Star Trek V" premiers 1997 _ British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

Jun 8, 2010

TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010

Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 159th day of 2010. 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 (N.Y.) 1815 _ 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation 1824 _ Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1889 _ Cable Cars begin service in L.A. 1967 _ Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen 1968 _ Rolling Stones release ``Jumpin' Jack Flash" 1986 _ Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria 2004 _ Transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs

Jun 7, 2010

MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010

Today is Monday, June 7, the 158th day of 2010. There are 207 days left in the year. 1775 _ United Colonies change name to United States 1864 _ Abe Lincoln re-nominated for President by Republican Party 1887 _ Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington, D.C. 1905 _ Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) 1930 _ NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in ``Negro" 1969 _ Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special 1972 _ German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 1981 _ Israel destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility 1981 _ Bjorn Borg wins his sixth French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl) 1989 _ Wayne Gretzky wins his ninth NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years

Jun 6, 2010

SATURDAY JUNE 5, 2010

Today is Saturday, June 5, the 156th day of 2010. There are 209 days left in the year. 1661 _ Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1912 _ U.S. marines invade Cuba (third time) 1917 _ 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1933 _ U.S. goes off gold standard 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" 1956 _ Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses 1968 _ Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day 1972 _ U.N. Conference on the Human Environment opens in Stockholm

Jun 4, 2010

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010

Today is Friday, June 4, the 155th day of 2010. There are 210 days left in the year. 1783 _ Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned) 1896 _ Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit 1919 _ Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1929 _ George Eastman demonstrates first Technicolor movie (Rochester, N.Y.) 1940 _ German forces enter Paris 1942 _ Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II 1956 _ Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public 1984 _ Bruce Springsteen releases ``Born in the USA" 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, 2010

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010

Today is Thursday, June 3, the 154th day of 2010. There are 211 days left in the year. 1098 _ Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey 1851 _ First baseball uniforms worn. Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers 1916 _ ROTC established by Act of Congress 1918 _ Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional 1929 _ First trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light) 1957 _ Howard Cosell's first TV show 1964 _ Rolling Stones begin first U.S. tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee) 1976 _ Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody goes gold 1989 _ Troops in China shoot and kill hundreds of students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 1991 _ Mt. Unzen erupts in Japan, as the worst in the country's history

Jun 2, 2010

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