FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012

Today is Friday, August 10, the 223rd day of 2012. There are 143 days left in the year.

1519 ― Magellan's five ships set sail to circumnavigate the Earth

1792 ― Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI

1866 ― Transatlantic cable laid; former President Buchanan communicates over it to Queen Victoria

1900 ― First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament (Mass.) U.S. beats England

1921 ― FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Island of Campobello

1945 ― Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged

1961 ― England applies for membership in the European Common Market

1966 ― First lunar orbiter launched by U.S.

1988 ― U.N. estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion

1990 ― U.S.’s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus