Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 191st day of 2008. There are 175 days left in the year
1540 _ England's King Henry VIII's six-month marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled
1595 _ Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe
1816 _ Argentina declares independence from Spain
1853 _ Adm. Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan
1951 _ U.S. President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
1955 _ Bill Haley & Comets' ``Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart
1976 _ Uganda asks U.N. to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1979 _ Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
1982 _ Margaret Thatcher begins her second term as British prime minister
1982 _ Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, La, killing 153