July 8 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 8
In the headlines today:

2003	A worker at the Lockheed Martin plant near Meridian, Mississippi, kills five co-workers and wounds eight others, before killing himself.
2002		US president George W. Bush announces a federal plan to crack down on corporate executives who engage in misconduct. (photo credit: Tyndale House)
1994	North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung, dies at age 82.
1991	Iraq announces that it has a nuclear weapons program.
1987	Lt. Col. Oliver North testifies at televised Iran-Contra hearings.
1959	The first US troops die during combat in Vietnam.
1948	The first women are sworn into the US Regular Army.
1907	Flo Ziegfeld premieres his Ziegfeld Follies atop the New York Theater.
1891	US president Warren G. Harding marries Florence DeWolfe in Ohio.
1889	The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1776	The Declaration of Independence is read to the public for the first time, in Philadelphia.
1663	England's King Charles II grants a charter to Rhode Island.
1497	Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail to find a sea route to India.