TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009

Today is Tuesday, August 18, the 230th day of 2009. There are 135 days left in the year.

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

1686 _ Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus

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

1960 _ First photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1961 _ Construction on Berlin Wall completed

1973 _ Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record