Today is Wednesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2011. There are 178 days left in the year.
1535 ― Sir Thomas More executed in England for treason
1785 ― Congress resolves U.S. currency named ``dollar" and adopts decimal coinage
1885 ― First inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur
1886 ― Horlick's of Wisconsin offers first malted milk to public
1923 ― Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed
1928 ― First all-talking motion picture shown, in N.Y. (``Lights of NY”)
1941 ― N.Y. Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
1945 ― Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept U.N. Charter
1967 ― Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
1971 ― White House Plumbers Unit formed to plug news leaks