Today is Tuesday, August 10, the 222nd day of 2010. 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
1893 ― Chinese deported from S.F. under Exclusion Act
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.
1981 ― Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's NL record 3,630 hits
1988 ― U.N. estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion
1990 ― U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus