TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2008

Today is Tuesday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2008. 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

1881 _ First international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB

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

1966 _ Medicare goes into effect

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

1982 _ 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC

1944 _ Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank

1997 _ China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong