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2012-07-06 19:22

SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2012

Today is Saturday, July 7, the 189th day of 2012. There are 177 days left in the year.

1668 _ Isaac Newton receives M/A from Trinity College, Cambridge

1865 _ Four Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged

1891 _ Travelers cheque patented

1937 _ Japanese and Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II

1968 _ Rock group ``The Yardbirds" disband

1969 _ Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French and English languages

1981 _ Solar Challenger powered only by solar energy crosses English Channel

1983 _ Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR

1987 _ Lt. Colonel Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing

1988 _ Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)
  • 1. NK envoy's meeting with Xi Jinping becomes center of attention
  • 2. Google Glass to use Samsung's OLED
  • 3. West Point staff member accused of spying on female cadets
  • 4. 6-year-old girl crushed to death by suicidal man
  • 5. Boy accidentally strangles himself with dog leash
  • 6. Pains and joys of breastfeeding
  • 7. Woman confronts terrorists in London
  • 8. 2 CEOs tell zero-to-hero stories
  • 9. Singer rushed to hospital after apparent suicide attempt
  • 10. N. Korea's special envoy Choe Ryong-hae meets Chinese president
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