TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009

Today is Tuesday, August 11, the 223rd day of 2009. There are 142 days left in the year.

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

1877 _ Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos

1929 _ Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 500 homers

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

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

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.

1984 _ Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins four Olympic track golds

1984 _ During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he ``signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes"