Today is Monday, July 8, the a hundred and ninetieth day of the 12 months 2024. There are 176 days left within the 12 months.
Today’s highlight of the story:
On July 8, 2018, divers rescued 4 of the 12 boys who had been trapped with their soccer coach in a flooded cave in northern Thailand for greater than two weeks. (The remaining eight boys and their coach were rescued over the subsequent two days.)
Also on this date:
In 1776, Colonel John Nixon read the Declaration of Independence publicly for the primary time in front of the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.
In 1853, an expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay, Japan, with the mission of creating diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.
In 1889 the primary issue of the Wall Street Journal was published.
In 1947, the New Mexico newspaper Roswell Daily Record quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying that they had recovered a “flying saucer” that had crashed on a ranch. Officials then said it was actually a weather balloon.
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman appointed General Douglas MacArthur as commander-in-chief of the UN forces in Korea. (Truman fired MacArthur nine months later for insubordination.)
In 1972, the Nixon administration announced that it was going to sell $750 million price of grain to the Soviet Union. (However, the Soviets were also busy secretly buying subsidized American grain, resulting in what critics called the “Great Grain Robbery.”)
In 1994, Kim Il Sung, North Korea's communist leader since 1948, died on the age of 82.
In 2000, Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport to win her first Grand Slam title, becoming the primary black Wimbledon champion since Althea Gibson in 1958.
In 2010, the biggest spy swap between the United States and Russia for the reason that Cold War took place. Ten people accused of spying in American suburbs pleaded guilty to conspiracy and were deported to Russia in exchange for the discharge of 4 prisoners accused of spying for the West.
In 2011, the one hundred and thirty fifth and final Space Shuttle mission began with the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center.
In 2021, President Joe Biden said the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan would end on August 31. In a speech within the East Room of the White House, Biden made a passionate plea for ending the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more American lives, but acknowledged there could be no “mission accomplished” moment to have a good time.
In 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech.
Today's birthdays:
- Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 80.
- Drummer Jaimoe Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band) is 80.
- Actor Kim Darby is 77.
- Children’s musician Raffi is 76.
- Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is 75.
- Actress Anjelica Huston is 73.
- The author Anna Quindlen is 72.
- The writer and politician Marianne Williamson is 72.
- Jack Lambert, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is 72.
- Actor Kevin Bacon is 66. Singer Joan Osborne is 62.
- Actor Rocky Carroll (TV: “Roc”) is 61.
- Actor Lee Tergesen (TV: “Oz”) is 59.
- Actor Billy Crudup is 56.
- Actor Michael Weatherly (TV: “NCIS”) is 56.
- The musician Beck is 54.
- Actress Kathleen Robertson is 51.
- Christian rock musician Stephen Mason (Jars of Clay) is 49.
- Actor Milo Ventimiglia (MEE'-loh vehn-tih-MEEL'-yuh) is 47.
- Actor Lance Gross (TV: “Tyler Perry's House of Payne”) is 43.
- Actress Sophia Bush is 42.
- Actress Maya Hawke is 26.
- Actor Jaden Smith is 26.
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