MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Today is Monday, September 10, the 254th day of 2012. There are 112 days left in the year.

1823 ― Simon Bolivar named president of Peru

1846 ― Elias Howe patents the sewing machine

1858 ― John Holden hits the first recorded homerun (Brooklyn vs. N.Y.)

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

1962 ― Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis

1972 ― U.S. Men's Olympic basketball teams first lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)

1976 ― Two airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard

1990 ― George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki

1990 ― Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nev.

1990 ― Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq