SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2007

Today is Saturday, August 11, the 222nd day of 2007. There are 143 days left in the year.

1877 _ Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos

1914 _ Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland

1918 _ Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allies beat Germans

1945 _ Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito

1948 _ Summer Olympics opens in London

1952 _ Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan

1956 _ Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"

1960 _ Chad declares independence

1975 _ U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N.

1978 _ Funeral of Pope Paul VI

1989 _ Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune

1990 _ Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion

1991 _ Shiite Muslims release U.S. hostage Edward Tracy

1991 _ Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands