WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Today is Wednesday, September 10, the 254th day of 2008. There are 112 days left in the year.

1823 _ Simon Bolivar named president of Peru

1846 _ Elias Howe patents the sewing machine

1869 _ Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan

1882 _ First international conference to promote anti-semitism meets in Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)

1939 _ Canada declares war on Germany

1955 _ ``Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV

1960 _ Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon

1989 _ East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary and Czech)

1990 _ Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada

1990 _ First time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept in a season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0