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Today in History: Friday, July\u00a0 08, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 8, 1839, American oilman John D. Rockefeller was born in Richford, N.Y.
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1663<\/td>\nKing Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1776<\/td>\nCol. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at Independence Square in Philadelphia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1853<\/td>\nAn expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1889<\/td>\nThe Wall Street Journal was first published.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1891<\/td>\nWarren G. Harding married Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1907<\/td>\nFlorenz Ziegfeld staged his first “Follies,” on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1919<\/td>\nPresident Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nGen. Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nKurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nKim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader since 1948, died at age 82.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2004<\/td>\nEnron 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.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nDuring an ESPN prime-time special, basketball free agent LeBron James announced he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nFormer first lady Betty Ford died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Billy Crudup turns 48 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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John Dingell<\/td>\nU S. representative, D-Mich.<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Lawrence<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phil Gramm<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, R-Texas<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffrey Tambor<\/td>\nActor (“Arrested Development”)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Darby<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anjelica Huston<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Lambert<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna Quindlen<\/td>\nWriter<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Bacon<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toby Keith<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Burnett<\/td>\nWriter, producer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joan Osborne<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beck<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milo Ventimiglia<\/td>\nActor (“Heroes”)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamie Cook<\/td>\nRock musician (Arctic Monkeys)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jaden Smith<\/td>\nActor (“The Pursuit of Happyness”)<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Sophia Bush (“One Tree Hill”) turns 34 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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