Today in History: July 8, Thai cave rescue
In the present day is Tuesday July the th day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On July divers rescued four of the boys who d been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer coach for more than two weeks The remaining eight boys and their coach were rescued over the next two days Also on this date In Col John Nixon gave the first populace reading of the Declaration of Independence outside the State House now Independence Hall in Philadelphia Related Articles How Taylor Swift snubbed Kamala Harris on the campaign trail US will try to deport Abrego Garcia before his trial prosecutor says Troops and federal agents briefly descend on park in LA neighborhood with large immigrant population As RFK Jr pushes to limit vaccines MMR pioneer defends their lifesaving power Lessons endure after Disney closes a favorite ride In an expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay Japan on a mission to seek diplomatic and contract relations with the Japanese In the first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published In a New Mexico newspaper the Roswell Daily Record quoted executives at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a flying saucer that crashed onto a ranch authorities then mentioned it was definitely a weather balloon In President Harry S Truman named Gen Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea Truman would fire MacArthur for insubordination nine months later In the Nixon administration reported a deal to sell million in grain to the Soviet Union However the Soviets were also engaged in secretly buying subsidized American grain resulting in what critics dubbed The Great Grain Robbery In Kim Il Sung North Korea s communist leader since died at age In Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport for her first Grand Slam title becoming the first Black female champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in In the largest spy swap between the U S and Russia since the Cold War unfolded as people accused of spying in suburban America pleaded guilty to conspiracy and were ordered deported to Russia in exchange for the release of four prisoners accused of spying for the West In the th and final space shuttle mission began when space shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center In President Joe Biden reported the U S military operation in Afghanistan would end on Aug in a speech in the White House East Room Biden made an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly -year war without sacrificing more America lives but acknowledged that there would be no mission accomplished moment to celebrate In former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech At present s Birthdays Actor Jeffrey Tambor is Drummer Jaimoe Johanson The Allman Brothers Band is Actor Kim Darby is Children s musician Raffi is Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is Actor Anjelica Huston is Writer Anna Quindlen is Author and politician Marianne Williamson is Pro Football Hall of Famer Jack Lambert is Actor Kevin Bacon is Singer Joan Osborne is Actor Lee Tergesen TV Oz is Actor Billy Crudup is Actor Michael Weatherly TV NCIS is Musician Beck is Actor Kathleen Robertson is Christian rock musician Stephen Mason Jars of Clay is Actor Milo Ventimiglia MEE -loh vehn-tih-MEEL -yuh is Actor Lance Gross TV Tyler Perry s House of Payne is Actor Sophia Bush is Actor Maya Hawke is Actor Jaden Smith is
