MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008

Today is Monday, June 30, the 182nd day of 2008. There are 184 days left in the year.

1834 _ Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

1859 _ Charles Blondin is first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope

1894 _ Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid

1914 _ Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S. Africa

1936 _ ``Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published

1936 _ 40 hour work week law approved (federal)

1950 _ President Truman orders U.S. troops into Korea

1962 _ Rwanda and Burundi become independent

1970 _ Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City

1981 _ China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy