Today is Thursday, September 10, the 253rd day of 2009. 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 HR (Brooklyn vs. N.Y.)
1960 _ Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon
1962 _ Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis
1963 _ 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
1976 _ Two airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kill all 176 aboard
1989 _ East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary and Czech)
1990 _ Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990 _ Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq