1797 – 1st US Senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment.
1835 – Liberty Bell cracks (again).
1870 – Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Caswell County to be in a state of insurrection.
1889 – Wall Street Journal begins publishing.
1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st ‘Follies’ on NY Theater roof.
1923 – Warren G. Harding becomes first sitting US President to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
1932 – Depression at low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22.
1943 – US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisa.
1946 – Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary.
1950 – General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief of UN forces in Korea.
1963 – Reports of Charlie Finley’s intention to move KC A’s to Oakland.
1963 – US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba.
1972 – US sells grain to USSR for $750 million.
1980 – All Star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cincinnati Reds)
1984 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Conners 6-1,6-1, 6-2.
1990 – 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
1994 – Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson.
2008 – American businessman T. Boone Pickens announces his “Pickens Plan”, an energy policy that moves away from imported oil.
2010 – During 1st round of the John Deere Classic, Paul Goydos becomes the 4th, and oldest player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59; round included 12 birdies and 6 pars.
2019 – US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors.
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