Saturday, July 9

This Day In History

• 1540   England's King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled.
• 1776   The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
• 1816   Argentina declared independence from Spain.
• 1847   A 10-hour work day was established for workers in the State of New Hampshire. It’s now down to eight hours, minus time for breaks, lunch and general goofing-off...
• 1850   Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, died after serving only 16 months in office.
• 1872   The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, ME.
• 1878   The corncob pipe was patented by Henry Tibbe of Washington, MO.
• 1910   The first airplane to fly a mile in the air did so this day with W.R. Brookins of Atlantic City, NJ at the controls.
• 1947   The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.
• 1974   Former Chief Justice Earl Warren died at age 83.
• 1982   A Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, La., killing all 146 people aboard and eight people on the ground.
• 1986   The attorney general's Commission on Pornography released the final draft of its 2,000-page report, which linked hard-core porn to sex crimes.
• 1992   Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton tapped Sen. Al Gore of Tennessee to be his running mate.
• 1995   The Grateful Dead played their last concert, at Soldier Field in Chicago.
• 1997   Boxer Mike Tyson was banned from the ring and fined $3 million for biting opponent Evander Holyfield's ear.
• 2001   A court in Chile ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet could not be tried on human rights charges because of his deteriorating health and mental condition.
• 2002   The Senate voted to entomb thousands of tons of radioactive waste inside Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert, rejecting the state's fervent protests.
• 2002   The baseball All-Star game in Milwaukee finished in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings when both teams ran out of pitchers.
• 2002   Academy Award-winning actor Rod Steiger died at age 77.

Happy Birthday To

• 1927   Ed Ames (singer: group: The Ames Brothers)
• 1938   Brian Dennehy (actor: Cocoon, 10, Presumed Innocent, First Blood)
• 1947   O.J. (Orenthal James) Simpson
• 1956   Tom (Thomas J.) Hanks (Academy Award-winning actor: Forrest Gump)
• 1976   Fred Savage (actor: The Wonder Years)