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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009

Today is Thursday, July 9, the 190th day of 2009. There are 175 days left in the year. 1540 _ England 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 1872 _ Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Maine 1893 _ Daniel H. Williams performs ``world's first successful heart operation" 1915 _ Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1947 _ Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten's engagement 1955 _ Bill Haley & Comets' ``Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart 1957 _ Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced 1982 _ Margaret Thatcher begins her second term as British prime minister

Jul 8, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009

Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2009. There are 176 days left in the year. 1870 _ Congress authorizes registration of trademarks 1876 _ White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, S.C, killing five 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 1969 _ U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1981 _ Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1988 _ Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1990 _ 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)

Jul 7, 2009

TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2009

Today is Tuesday, July 7, the 188th day of 2009. There are 177 days left in the year. 1668 _ Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1838 _ Central American federation is dissolved 1846 _ U.S. annexes California 1865 _ Four Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged 1891 _ Travelers check patented 1937 _ Japanese and Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II 1941 _ U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion 1968 _ Rock group ``The Yardbirds" disband 1969 _ Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language 1983 _ Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR

Jul 6, 2009

MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009

Today is Monday, July 6, the 187th day of 2009. There are 178 days left in the year. 1483 _ England's King Richard III crowned 1535 _ Sir Thomas More executed in England for treason 1687 _ Newton publishes ``Principia" 1785 _ Congress resolves U.S. currency named ``dollar" and adopts decimal coinage 1885 _ First inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur 1923 _ Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed 1924 _ First photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S.-England 1928 _ First all-talking motion picture shown, in N.Y. (Lights of NY) 1945 _ Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept U.N. Charter 1967 _ Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade

Jul 5, 2009

SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2009

Today is Saturday, July 4, the 185th day of 2009. There are 180 days left in the year. 1054 _ Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days) 1776 _ Declaration of Independence-U.S. gains independence from Britain 1802 _ U.S. Military Academy officially opens (West Point, N.Y.) 1865 _ First edition of ``Alice in Wonderland" is published 1884 _ Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris 1888 _ First organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Ariz. 1942 _ First American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) 1946 _ Philippines gains independence from U.S. 1967 _ Freedom of Information Act goes into effect 1987 _ Nazi Klaus Barbie, ``Butcher of Lyon," convicted by a French court

Jul 3, 2009

FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009

Today is Friday, July 3, the 184th day of 2009. There are 181 days left in the year. 1775 _ Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass. 1863 _ Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., ends, major victory for North 1886 _ First NY Tribune printing using first commercial linotype machine 1950 _ First time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War 1962 _ Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains independence on July 5 1976 _ Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1983 _ Calvin Smith of U.S. becomes fastest man alive (9.93 seconds for 100 m) 1987 _ Two men became first hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 1988 _ U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 1989 _ The movie ``Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)

Jul 2, 2009

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009

Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009. There are 182 days left in the year. 1776 _ Continental Congress resolves ``these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" 1843 _ An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston, S.C., thunderstorm 1858 _ Partial emancipation of Russian serfs 1863 _ Battle of Gettysburg (second day) 1890 _ Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies 1956 _ Elvis Presley records ``Hound Dog" & ``Don't Be Cruel" 1964 _ President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act 1976 _ Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam 1976 _ Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 1990 _ Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering

Jul 1, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009

Today is Wednesday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2009. 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 1862 _ Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton sec of agriculture-no kidding! 1881 _ First international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St. Stephen, N.B. 1949 _ Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France 1959 _ World Refugee Year begins 1967 _ Beatles' ``Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes No. 1 for 15 weeks 1972 _ Ms. magazine begins publishing 1982 _ 2,100 Unification Church couples wed in NYC 1997 _ China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong

Jun 30, 2009

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009

Today is Tuesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2009. There are 184 days left in the year. 1894 _ Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1914 _ Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S. Africa 1936 _ ``Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 _ 40 hour workweek law approved (federal) 1948 _ Transistor as a substitute for radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) 1950 _ President Truman orders U.S. troops into Korea 1962 _ Rwanda and Burundi become independent 1973 _ Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse 1975 _ Cher, just four days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman 1981 _ China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy

Jun 29, 2009

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009

Today is Monday, June 29, the 180th day of 2008. There are 185 days left in the year. 1613 _ Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1913 _ Beginning of the second Balkan War 1916 _ Boeing aircraft flies for first time 1949 _ South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 1949 _ U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II 1958 _ Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's Sixth World Cup at Stockholm 1963 _ Beatles' first song ``From Me to You" hits the U.K. charts 1964 _ First draft of Star Trek's pilot ``The Cage" released 1977 _ Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults 1984 _ USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI

Jun 28, 2009

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