As we speak is Tuesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2024. There are 176 days left within the yr.
As we speak in historical past:
On July 8, 2018, divers rescued 4 of the 12 boys who’d been trapped in a flooded collapse northern Thailand with their soccer coach for greater than two weeks. (The remaining eight boys and their coach have been rescued over the following two days.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the primary public studying of the Declaration of Independence, exterior the State Home (now Independence Corridor) in Philadelphia.
In 1853, an expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay, Japan, on a mission to hunt diplomatic and commerce relations with the Japanese.
In 1889, the primary concern of The Wall Avenue Journal was printed.
In 1947, a New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Day by day File, quoted officers at Roswell Military Air Subject as saying they’d recovered a “flying saucer” that crashed onto a ranch; officers then mentioned it was really a climate balloon.
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea. (Truman would hearth MacArthur for insubordination 9 months later.)
In 1972, the Nixon administration introduced a deal to promote $750 million in grain to the Soviet Union. (Nevertheless, the Soviets have been additionally engaged in secretly shopping for sponsored American grain, leading to what critics dubbed “The Great Grain Robbery.”)
In 1994, Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist chief since 1948, died at age 82.
In 2000, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport for her first Grand Slam title, changing into the primary Black feminine champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1958.
In 2010, the most important spy swap between the U.S. and Russia because the Chilly Conflict unfolded as 10 folks accused of spying in suburban America pleaded responsible to conspiracy and have been ordered deported to Russia in alternate for the discharge of 4 prisoners accused of spying for the West.
In 2011, the one hundred and thirty fifth and last house shuttle mission started when house shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy House Middle.
In 2021, President Joe Biden mentioned the U.S. army operation in Afghanistan would finish on Aug. 31; in a speech within the White Home East Room, Biden made an impassioned argument for exiting the almost 20-year warfare with out sacrificing extra America lives, however acknowledged that there can be no “mission accomplished” second to have a good time.
In 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on a avenue in western Japan by a gunman who opened hearth on him from behind as he delivered a marketing campaign speech.
As we speak’s Birthdays:
- Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 81.
- Drummer Jaimoe Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band) is 81.
- Actor Kim Darby is 78. Kids’s musician Raffi is 77.
- Superstar chef Wolfgang Puck is 76.
- Actor Anjelica Huston is 74.
- Author Anna Quindlen is 73.
- Writer and politician Marianne Williamson is 73.
- Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Jack Lambert is 73.
- Actor Kevin Bacon is 67.
- Singer Joan Osborne is 63.
- Actor Lee Tergesen (TV: “Oz”) is 60.
- Actor Billy Crudup is 57.
- Actor Michael Weatherly (TV: “NCIS”) is 57.
- Musician Beck is 55.
- Actor Kathleen Robertson is 52.
- Christian rock musician Stephen Mason (Jars of Clay) is 50.
- Actor Milo Ventimiglia (MEE’-loh vehn-tih-MEEL’-yuh) is 48.
- Actor Lance Gross (TV: “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”) is 44.
- Actor Sophia Bush is 43.
- Actor Maya Hawke is 27.
- Actor Jaden Smith is 27.
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