SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2008

Today is Saturday, July 5, the 187th day of 2008. There are 179 days left in the year.

1687 _ Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England

1811 _ Venezuela, first South American country to gain independence from Spain

1841 _ Thomas Cook opens first travel agency

1940 _ Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France

1946 _ Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show

1962 _ Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule

1969 _ Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park

1973 _ ``Live & Let Die," James Bond film premiers

1983 _ Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)

1989 _ Barry Bond's homerun sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408