TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010

Today is Tuesday, August 3, the 215th day of 2010. There are 150 days left in the year.

1492 _ Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for ``Indies"

1882 _ Congress passes first law restricting immigration

1914 _ Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I

1940 _ Lithuanian SSR is accepted into the USSR

1949 _ Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association

1952 _ 15th Olympic Games close in Helsinki Finland

1954 _ First VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown

1963 _ Beatles final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool

1975 _ 500 drown when two river boats collide and sink in China's West River

1990 _ Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion