WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009

Today is Wednesday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2009. 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

1862 _ Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton sec of agriculture-no kidding!

1881 _ First international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St. Stephen, N.B.

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

1959 _ World Refugee Year begins

1967 _ Beatles' ``Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes No. 1 for 15 weeks

1972 _ Ms. magazine begins publishing

1982 _ 2,100 Unification Church couples wed in NYC

1997 _ China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong