WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015

Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2015. There are 176 days left in the year.

1776 ― Col. John Nixon gave first public reading of Declaration of Independence

1797 ― First U.S. senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment

1889 ― Wall Street Journal begins publishing

1919 ― President Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference

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

1957 ― CDC incorporates

1967 ― Billie Jean King concludes Wimbledon sweep (singles, doubles and mix)

1969 ― U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam

1979 ― Voyager 2 takes first ever photo of Jupiter’s satellite Adrastea (J14)

1988 ― Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992