Today is Saturday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2017. There are 183 days left in the year.
1977 — Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon’s woman’s singles
1978 — Former Pres Nixon makes first public speech since resigning in 1974
1978 — Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1982 — 2,100 Unification church couples wed in New York
1982 — Challenger moves overland to Dryden
1982 — Kosmos 1383, first search & rescue satellite, launched
1987 — Bork nominated to Supreme Court
1989 — Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
1990 — German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency