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by Walter Pearson REI; Internet and Social Media Enthusiast; Stock a
On This Date In 1675 Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14), Brookfield (August 2), and Lancaster (August 9). In early September they attacked Deerfield, Hadley, and Northfield. King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War, and named after the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, known to the English as “King Philip”, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–1676.
On This Date In 1776 A 2,000-pound copper-and-tin bell now known as the “Liberty Bell” rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
On This Date In 1777 The Battle of Fort Anne, fought on July 8, 1777, was an engagement between Continental Army forces in retreat from Fort Ticonderoga and forward elements of John Burgoyne's much larger British army that had driven them from Ticonderoga, early in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War. In the end, both sides claimed victory in the battle, since the British had successfully stood their ground, and the Americans had very nearly forced them to surrender. Any American claim for victory was tempered by the fact that the force they had defeated was clearly the vanguard of a much larger British force.
On This Date In 1853 Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, representing the U.S. government, sailed into Tokyo Bay, Japan, with a squadron of four vessels. For a time, Japanese officials refused to speak with Perry, but under threat of attack by the superior American ships they accepted letters from President Millard Fillmore, making the United States the first Western nation to establish relations with Japan since it had been declared closed to foreigners two centuries before. Only the Dutch and the Chinese were allowed to continue trade with Japan after 1639, but this trade was restricted and confined to the island of Dejima at Nagasaki.
On This Date In 1863 The Battle of Boonsboro took place in Washington County, Maryland, as part of the Retreat from Gettysburg during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate cavalry, holding the South Mountain passes, fought a rearguard action against elements of the Union 1st and 3rd Cavalry Divisions and infantry. This action was one of a series of cavalry combats fought around Boonsboro, Hagerstown, and Williamsport.
On This Date In 1863 Port Hudson, the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, fell to Nathaniel Banks' Union force. Less than a week after the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Confederate garrison's surrender at Port Hudson cleared another obstacle for the Federals on the Mississippi River.
On This Date In 1891 Future President Warren G. Harding married a spunky divorcee named Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.
On This Date In 1918 Ernest Hemingway was severely wounded while carrying a companion to safety on the Austro-Italian front during World War I. Hemingway, working as a Red Cross ambulance driver, was decorated for his heroism and sent home.
On This Date In 1939 “Hell's Kitchen”, a Warner Bros. film starring Ronald Reagan and The Dead End Kids, premiered.
On This Date In 1941 With his team trailing 5-4 with two outs in the ninth inning, Ted Williams hit a three-run home run to lead the American League to a 7-5 victory in the All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
On This Date In 1943 Upon the German army's invasion of Pskov, 180 miles from Leningrad, Russia, the chief of the German army general staff, General Franz Halder, recorded in his diary Hitler's plans for Moscow and Leningrad: “To dispose fully of their population, which otherwise we shall have to feed during the winter.”
On This Date In 1944 During the Battle of Normandy, Operation Charnwood was a Second World War Anglo-Canadian offensive fought July 8-9, 1944. The operation was intended to capture the German-occupied city of Caen, which was a major Allied objective during the opening stages of Operation Overlord. The British and Canadians advanced on a broad front and by the evening of the second day had taken the northern half of Caen, up to the Orne and Odon rivers.
On This Date In 1947 The Roswell Daily Record in Roswell, New Mexico, printed a story that the Roswell AAF had released the news of the "capture of a flying saucer". This story was quickly put on the news-wires, and soon newspapers across the country were all running stories about the Captured Saucer. http://www.roswellfiles.com/story.htm
On This Date In 1947 The Hostages Trial (or, officially, The United States of America vs. Wilhelm List, et al.) was held from 8 July 1947 until 19 February 1948, and was the seventh of the twelve trials for war crimes the U.S. authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany in Nuremberg after the end of World War II.
On This Date In 1950 The day after the U.N. Security Council recommended all U.N. forces in Korea be placed under the command of the U.S. military, General Douglas MacArthur, the hero of the war against Japan, was appointed head of the United Nations Command by President Harry S. Truman.
On This Date In 1951 Paris, the capital city of France, celebrated turning 2,000 years old. In fact, a few more candles would've technically been required on the birthday cake, as the City of Lights was most likely founded around 250 B.C.
On This Date In 1954 Col. Carlos Castillo Armas was elected president of the junta that overthrew the administration of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in late June 1954. The election of Castillo Armas was the culmination of U.S. efforts to remove Arbenz, and save Guatemala from what American officials believed to be an attempt by international communism to gain a foothold in the Western Hemisphere.
On This Date In 1959 U.S. Army Major Dale Richard Buis (August 29, 1921 - July 8, 1959) is the first name listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Master Sergeant Chester Melvin Ovnand (September 8, 1914 - July 8, 1959) is listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as the second American killed in the Vietnam War. Both were killed at Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The Vietcong ambushed the mess hall while the American officers were watching a movie.
On This Date In 1960 Shot down just two months before while flying a secret mission over Moscow, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers was charged with espionage by the Soviet Union. Although he would not be found guilty until August 17 of the same year, Powers' indictment signaled a massive setback in the peace process between the United States and the Soviet Union.
On This Date In 1965 President Johnson decreed that a Vietnam Service Medal be awarded to Americans serving in the conflict, even though there had been no official declaration of war.
On This Date In 1972 “Lean On Me”, Bill Withers’ pop chart hit, began its first stay at #1 on the Billboard pop and R&B charts.
On This Date In 1988 In the Peruman Train Tragedy, the Bangalore - Kanyakumari Island Express train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India and fell into the lake, killing 105 people.
On This Date In 1990 The 1990 FIFA World Cup Final was contested between West Germany and Argentina. It was an ill-tempered game, notable for the first two sendings off in a World Cup final. West Germany won 1–0, with a late Andreas Brehme penalty sealing their third World Cup win. Argentina also became the first team not to score in a World Cup Final.
On This Date In 1994 Kim Il Sung, the communist dictator of North Korea since 1948, died of a heart attack at the age of 82.
On This Date In 1997 Torrential rains in the Carpathian Mountains caused serious flooding in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. In all, 104 people died as a result of the deluge. In the aftermath, authorities from each country blamed the others for the extent of the disaster.
On This Date In 1999 “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, was released in the UK.
On This Date In 1999 “The Gathering”, the eighth album by thrash metal band Testament, was released.
On This Date In 2000 “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, was published.
On This Date In 2006 UFC 61: Bitter Rivals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
On This Date In 2009 In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced it was developing an operating system for PCs that is tied to its Chrome Web browser. The software, called the Google Chrome Operating System, was initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?_r=1&hp
On This Date In 2009 North Korea was suspected of launching a cyber attack that paralyzed the websites of South Korean and United States government agencies, banks and businesses, the first such large-scale attack attempted by the isolated communist state. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6667440.ece
On This Date In 2009 John Harris, former chief of staff to Rod R. Blagojevich, the ousted former governor of Illinois, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, describing in a court document how Mr. Blagojevich had pondered ways he might make money from his official role last year picking a replacement for Barack Obama in the United States Senate.
On This Date In 2009 Rod Blagojevich’s effort to find something for his wife, Patti, to do with her time apparently extended to his thinking about naming himself to the U.S. Senate to succeed Barack Obama.
Former Deputy Gov. Robert Greenlee testified that Blagojevich asked him to find out whether a sitting U.S. senator can have a wife who lobbies members of Congress. The governor pointed to then-U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle’s wife, Linda… http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/blagojevich-on-trial/2010/07/rod-considered-senate-seat-for-himself-lobbying-job-for-patti.html
On This Date In 2009 The G8 summit opened in Italy with leaders of the world's most powerful economies meeting on issues, including the global recession, regional security, Iran, world hunger, and aid to developing nations. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-07-08-voa6-68700682.html
On This Date In 2010 Paul Goydos birdied eight of his last nine holes at the TPC Deere Run to shoot 12-under-par 59 in the first round of the John Deere Classic. He is the fourth player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59, and the first since Jacksonville native David Duval did it in 1999 in the final round of the Bob Hope Classic. http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400566/garry-smits/2010-07-08/inside-paul-goydos-59
On This Date In 2010 The SolarImpulse team celebrated an historic moment as pilot André Borschberg landed a solar-powered plane in Payerne, in the canton of Vaud, after a 26-hour flight. Organizers said the flight was the longest and highest by a piloted solar-powered craft, reaching an altitude of just over 28,000 feet above sea level at an average speed of 23 knots, or about 26 miles per hour. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/europe/09plane.html


Happy Birthday Steve Lawrence (1935), Janice Pennington (1942), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Kim Darby (1947), Wolfgang Puck (1949), Anjelica Huston (1951), Kevin Bacon (1958), Robert Knepper (1959), Toby Keith (1961), Michael Weatherly (1968), Billy Crudup (1968), Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Lance Gross (1981), Sophia Bush (1982), and Jaden Smith (1998).

RIP Jean de la Fontaine (1621 – 1695), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838 – 1917), Faye Emerson (1917 – 1983), Johnnie Johnson (1924 – 2005), Peter Orlovsky (1933 – 2010), and Marty Feldman (1934 – 1982).


Quotes

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. Vincent van Gogh

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me! Dr. Sueuss

Champions know that success is inevitable; that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it. Michael J. Gelb

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. W. Clement Stone

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Gail Devers


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Atlantis has blasted off on NASA's last space shuttle launch. The historic liftoff occurred Friday morning, 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight. Four astronauts are riding Atlantis to orbit. The shuttle is bound for the
International Space Station, making one final supply run. Hundreds of thousands of spectators jammed Cape Canaveral and surrounding
towns for the farewell. Kennedy Space Center itself was packed with shuttle
workers, astronauts and 45,000 invited guests, the maximum allowed. The flight will last 12 days. Weather permitting, Atlantis will return to Kennedy, where it will end up on permanent display.

Godspeed, Gentlemen.

Provided by NBC News. Full report.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis' final launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. July 8, 2011
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As I watch the news tonight the Middle East is in chaos, natural disasters are destroying lives all over the world, and the economy looks very bleak. It's as if Matthew 24 is coming true before our very eyes, but John 16:33 says, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Jennie Lee Riddle put it this way, “The same God who hovered in the beginning and spoke our world into being, still overshadows us and births light out of darkness, peace out of chaos, and life out of death.” - Todd
I wrote this song with Carl Cartee the first time I was privileged to meet him. He had come in with a gorgeous melody and the idea of writing a song about creation. As I sat there pondering the way God hovered over our earth in the beginning, I couldn't help but think of our broken world with the knowledge that our God has not changed. The same God who hovered in the beginning and spoke our world into being, still overshadows us and births light out of darkness, peace out of chaos and life out of death. - Jennie Lee Riddle

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“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.”” Theodore H. White

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