Today is Thursday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2010. 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
1944 _ Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank
1949 _ Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
1967 _ Beatles' ``Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes No. 1 for 15 weeks
1968 _ U.S., Britain, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
1978 _ Former Pres Nixon makes first public speech since resigning in 1974
1982 _ 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1990 _ German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche mark as its currency
1997 _ China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong