MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008

Today is Monday, August 18, the 231st day of 2008. There are 135 days left in the year.

1587 _ First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare)

1834 _ Mt. Vesuvius erupts

1868 _ Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse

1894 _ Congress creates Bureau of Immigration

1914 _ President Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality

1958 _ Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published

1961 _ Construction on Berlin Wall completed

1967 _ Rolling Stones release ``We Love You"

1988 _ FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment

1988 _ Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million