Today is Monday, July 2, the 184th day of 2012. There are 182 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!
1949 ― Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
1959 ― World Refugee Year begins
1966 ― Medicare goes into effect
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
1997 ― China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong