July 8
Today is the 189th day of 2017, there are 176 days left in the year.
1663 - King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island.
1776 - The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Col. John Nixon.
1777 - Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery.
1839 - John D. Rockefeller, who founded the Standard Oil Co. and gave more than $500 million to charitable causes, was born.
1853 - An expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.
1889 - The Wall Street Journal began publication.
1891 - Warren G. Harding married Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France.
1947 - A New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a "flying saucer" that crashed onto a ranch; officials then said it was actually a weather balloon. (To this day, there are those who believe what fell to Earth was an alien spaceship carrying extra-terrestrial beings.)
1950 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.
1958 - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the first official gold album. It was for the soundtrack to "Oklahoma".
1965 - Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed in British Columbia after the tail separated from the fuselage; all 52 people on board were killed in what authorities said was the result of an apparent bombing.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford announced he would seek a second term of office.
1986 - Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes.
1994 - Kim Il Sung, North Korea's communist leader since 1948, died at age 82.
2004 - Enron founder and former chairman Kenneth Lay pleaded innocent to charges related to the energy company's collapse. (He was convicted, but died while the case was on appeal.)
2011 - Former first lady Betty Ford died in Rancho Mirage, California at age 93.
2011 - The space shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time from the Kennedy Space Center. It was the 135th and final mission of the space shuttle program, which began in 1981. For its final mission, the Atlantis carried 8,000 lbs of spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station.
2016 - Ten states (Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming) sued the federal government over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms conforming to their gender identity, joining a dozen other states in the latest fight over LGBT rights. (Nebraska, which led the effort, later asked to drop the lawsuit after the Trump administration ended the protection.)
Birthdays
23 - Lorena Rae (model)
24 - Aimee Kelly (actress)
25 - Sky Ferreira (singer)
26 - Jamie Blackley (actor)
29 - Jordan Burroughs (wrestler)
31 - Jake McDorman (actor)
35 - Sophia Bush (actress)
36 - Lance Gross (actor)
40 - Milo Ventimiglia (actor)
42 - Jamal Woolard (actor)
43 - Gordana Trzan (singer)
47 - Beck (singer)
49 - Michael Weatherly (actor)
54 - Rocky Carroll (actor)
56 - Toby Keith (country singer)
58 - Robert Knepper (actor)
59 - Kevin Bacon (actor)
66 - Anjelica Huston (actress)
68 - Wolfgang Puck (chef)
73 - Jeffrey Tambor (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 8
1889 - John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain, in the last championship bare-knuckle fight. The fight lasted 75 rounds.
1935 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-1 in Cleveland.
1941 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 7-5 in Detroit.
1947 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 2-1 in Chicago.
1952 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 3-2 in Philadelphia.
1953 - Notre Dame announced that the next five years of its football games would be shown in theatres over closed circuit TV.
1958 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 in Baltimore.
1967 - Billie Jean King completes a Wimbledon sweep, winning the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles titles.
1970 - The Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco Giants) became the first National League player in 59 seasons to collect six runs batted (RBI) during a single inning.
1978 - Bjorn Borg wins a third straight Wimbledon crown.
1980 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-2 in Los Angeles.
1990 - West Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup in Rome.
1996 - Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in the Ladies' Doubles event.
2003 - Dominik Hasek announced that he planned to come out of retirement and rejoin the Detroit Red Wings.
2005 - In Singapore, the International Olympic Committee takes a secret vote on the approval of the 28 current summer Olympic events scheduled to be played at the 2012 Summer Games in London. Baseball and softball are eliminated.
2007 - Roger Federer won his fifth straight Wimbledon championship.
2010 - During an ESPN primetime special, basketball free agent LeBron James announced he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat.
2012 - Roger Federer equaled Pete Sampras' record of seven men's singles titles at Wimbledon and won his 17th Grand Slam title overall after defeating Andy Murray.
Today is the 189th day of 2017, there are 176 days left in the year.
1663 - King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island.
1776 - The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Col. John Nixon.
1777 - Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery.
1839 - John D. Rockefeller, who founded the Standard Oil Co. and gave more than $500 million to charitable causes, was born.
1853 - An expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.
1889 - The Wall Street Journal began publication.
1891 - Warren G. Harding married Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France.
1947 - A New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a "flying saucer" that crashed onto a ranch; officials then said it was actually a weather balloon. (To this day, there are those who believe what fell to Earth was an alien spaceship carrying extra-terrestrial beings.)
1950 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.
1958 - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the first official gold album. It was for the soundtrack to "Oklahoma".
1965 - Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed in British Columbia after the tail separated from the fuselage; all 52 people on board were killed in what authorities said was the result of an apparent bombing.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford announced he would seek a second term of office.
1986 - Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes.
1994 - Kim Il Sung, North Korea's communist leader since 1948, died at age 82.
2004 - Enron founder and former chairman Kenneth Lay pleaded innocent to charges related to the energy company's collapse. (He was convicted, but died while the case was on appeal.)
2011 - Former first lady Betty Ford died in Rancho Mirage, California at age 93.
2011 - The space shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time from the Kennedy Space Center. It was the 135th and final mission of the space shuttle program, which began in 1981. For its final mission, the Atlantis carried 8,000 lbs of spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station.
2016 - Ten states (Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming) sued the federal government over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms conforming to their gender identity, joining a dozen other states in the latest fight over LGBT rights. (Nebraska, which led the effort, later asked to drop the lawsuit after the Trump administration ended the protection.)
Birthdays
23 - Lorena Rae (model)
24 - Aimee Kelly (actress)
25 - Sky Ferreira (singer)
26 - Jamie Blackley (actor)
29 - Jordan Burroughs (wrestler)
31 - Jake McDorman (actor)
35 - Sophia Bush (actress)
36 - Lance Gross (actor)
40 - Milo Ventimiglia (actor)
42 - Jamal Woolard (actor)
43 - Gordana Trzan (singer)
47 - Beck (singer)
49 - Michael Weatherly (actor)
54 - Rocky Carroll (actor)
56 - Toby Keith (country singer)
58 - Robert Knepper (actor)
59 - Kevin Bacon (actor)
66 - Anjelica Huston (actress)
68 - Wolfgang Puck (chef)
73 - Jeffrey Tambor (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 8
1889 - John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain, in the last championship bare-knuckle fight. The fight lasted 75 rounds.
1935 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-1 in Cleveland.
1941 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 7-5 in Detroit.
1947 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 2-1 in Chicago.
1952 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 3-2 in Philadelphia.
1953 - Notre Dame announced that the next five years of its football games would be shown in theatres over closed circuit TV.
1958 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 in Baltimore.
1967 - Billie Jean King completes a Wimbledon sweep, winning the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles titles.
1970 - The Jim Ray Hart (San Francisco Giants) became the first National League player in 59 seasons to collect six runs batted (RBI) during a single inning.
1978 - Bjorn Borg wins a third straight Wimbledon crown.
1980 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-2 in Los Angeles.
1990 - West Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup in Rome.
1996 - Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in the Ladies' Doubles event.
2003 - Dominik Hasek announced that he planned to come out of retirement and rejoin the Detroit Red Wings.
2005 - In Singapore, the International Olympic Committee takes a secret vote on the approval of the 28 current summer Olympic events scheduled to be played at the 2012 Summer Games in London. Baseball and softball are eliminated.
2007 - Roger Federer won his fifth straight Wimbledon championship.
2010 - During an ESPN primetime special, basketball free agent LeBron James announced he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat.
2012 - Roger Federer equaled Pete Sampras' record of seven men's singles titles at Wimbledon and won his 17th Grand Slam title overall after defeating Andy Murray.
