Today is Friday, July 8, the 190th day of 2016. There are 176 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1663, King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
In 1889, The Wall Street Journal was first published.
In 1891, Warren G. Harding married Florence Kling DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.
In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first “Follies,” on the roof of the New York Theater.
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea. (Truman ended up sacking MacArthur for insubordination nine months later.)
In 1965, Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed in British Columbia after the tail separated from the fuselage; all 52 people on board were killed in what authorities said was the result of an apparent bombing.
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford announced he would seek a second term of office.
In 2000, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6 (3) for her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first black female champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1957-58.
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