Today is Wednesday, August 11, the 223rd day of 2010. There are 142 days left in the year.
1772 ― Explosive eruption blows 4,000 off Papandayan, Java, kills 3,000
1866 ― World's first roller rink opens (Newport, R.I.)
1909 ― SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
1929 ― Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 500 homers
1945 ― Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1948 ― Summer Olympics opens in London
1956 ― Elvis Presley releases ``Don't Be Cruel"
1968 ― The Beatles launch the ``Apple Records" label
1975 ― U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N.
1984 ― Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins four Olympic track golds