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