Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2015. There are 176 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1663, King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
In 1853, an expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.
In 1889, The Wall Street Journal was first published.
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In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first “Follies,” on the roof of the New York Theater.
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford announced he would seek a second term of office.
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