MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008

Today is Monday, August 11, the 224th day of 2008. There are 142 days left in the year.

1866 _ World's first roller rink opens (Newport, R.I.)

1929 _ Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 500 homers

1933 _ Temp reaches 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius) at San Luis Potos, Mexico (world record)

1934 _ First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in S.F. Bay

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

1952 _ Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan

1954 _ Formal peace takes place, ending more than seven years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh

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

1966 _ Last Beatle concert tour of the U.S. begins

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