Today is Friday, September 10, the 253rd day of 2010. There are 112 days left in the year.
1823 _ Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1846 _ Elias Howe patents the sewing machine
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 loss, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
1984 _ Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla.
1989 _ East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary and Czech)
1990 _ George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
1990 _ Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1990 _ 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept in a season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0