SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008

Today is Saturday, May 10, the 131st day of 2008. There are 235 days left in the year.

1503 _ Columbus discovers Cayman Islands

1752 _ Benjamin Franklins first tests the lightning rod

1774 _ Louis XVI ascends to throne of France

1787 _ Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings

1945 _ Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese

1968 _ Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam

1972 _ Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77

1983 _ Lee Chin-yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul

1994 _ Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president

1995 _ Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein