Today in History

Published 10:13 pm Thursday, July 8, 2010

Today is Friday, July 9, the 190th day of 2010. There are 175 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops in New York.

ON THIS DATE

In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII had his six-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled.

In 1810, French Emperor Napoleon I annexed the Kingdom of Holland.

In 1816, Argentina declared independence from Spain.

In 1918, 101 people were killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tenn.

In 1982, a Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, La., killing all 145 people aboard.

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