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On July 8, 1839, American oilman John D. Rockefeller was born in Richford, N.Y.
\n1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island.
\n1776 Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at Independence Square in Philadelphia.
\n1853 An expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.
\n1889 The Wall Street Journal was first published.
\n1891 Warren G. Harding married Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.
\n1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first “Follies,” on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
\n1919 President Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France.
\n1950 Gen. Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.
\n1986 Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes.
\n1994 Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader since 1948, died at age 82.
\n2004 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.)
\n2010 During an ESPN prime-time special, basketball free agent LeBron James announced he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat.
\n2011 Former first lady Betty Ford died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93.<\/p>\n
Today’s Birthdays:
\nActor Billy Crudup turns 47 years old today.
\nJohn Dingell, U S. representative, D-Mich., 89
\nSteve Lawrence, Singer, 80
\nPhil Gramm, Former U.S. senator, R-Texas, 73
\nJeffrey Tambor, Actor (“Arrested Development”), 71
\nKim Darby, Actress, 68
\nAnjelica Huston, Actress, 64
\nJack Lambert, Football Hall of Famer, 63
\nAnna Quindlen, Writer, 63
\nKevin Bacon Actor 57
\nToby Keith, Country singer, 54
\nRob Burnett, Writer, producer, 53
\nJoan Osborne, Rock singer, 53
\nBeck, Rock musician, 45
\nMilo Ventimiglia, Actor (“Heroes”), 38
\nJamie Cook, Rock musician (Arctic Monkeys), 30
\nJaden Smith, Actor (“The Pursuit of Happyness”), 17
\nActress Sophia Bush (“One Tree Hill”) turns 33 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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