Today is Thursday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2010. There are 183 days left in the year.

1535 _ Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason

1776 _ First vote on the Declaration of Independence
1944 _ Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank

1949 _ Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France

1967 _ Beatles' ``Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes No. 1 for 15 weeks

1968 _ U.S., Britain, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

1978 _ Former Pres Nixon makes first public speech since resigning in 1974

1982 _ 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC

1990 _ German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche mark as its currency

1997 _ China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong