TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2008

Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 190th day of 2008. There are 176 days left in the year.

1797 _ First U.S. senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment

1889 _ Wall Street Journal begins publishing

1932 _ Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22

1950 _ Gen. Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, U.N. forces in Korea

1950 _ Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea

1969 _ U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam

1975 _ Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan, Burma. 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated

1977 _ Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hours)

1981 _ Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)

1990 _ Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome