Today is Wednesday, August 10, the 222nd day of 2011. 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

1913 ― Second Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses

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

1948 ― Allen Funt's ``Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC

1961 ― England applies for membership in the European Common Market

1981 ― Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's NL record 3,630 hits

1988 ― U.N. estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion