Today is Monday, September 13, the 256th day of 2010. There are 109 days left in the year.
1788 _ New York City becomes capital of the United States
1882 _ Britain invades Egypt
1942 _ German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 _ Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1959 _ USSR's Luna 2 becomes first probe to contact another celestial body
1965 _ Beatles release ``Yesterday"
1970 _ IBM announces System 370 computer
1982 _ Joe Lefevre gets six hits in one baseball game
1988 _ For the 10th time, four players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1990 _ Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait