WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008

Today is Wednesday, July 16, the 198th day of 2008. There are 168 days left in the year.

1439 _ Kissing is banned in England

1926 _ National Geographic takes first natural-color undersea photos

1945 _ First atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico

1951 _ Novel ``Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger published

1957 _ Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)

1960 _ 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer

1969 _ Apollo 11, carrying first men to land on the moon, launched

1976 _ Rock duo Loggins & Messina break up after six years

1980 _ Ronald Reagan nominated for president by Republicans in Detroit

1981 _ Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously