TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, the 186th day of 2017. There are 179 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1947, Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League.
In 1687, Isaac Newton published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
In 1865, the Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded in Washington, D.C., with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.
In 1940, during World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke off diplomatic relations.
In 1946, the bikini, created by Louis Reard, was modeled by Micheline Bernardini during a poolside fashion show in Paris.
In 1954, Elvis Presley’s first commercial recording session took place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn., where he recorded “That’s All Right.”
In 1977, Pakistan’s army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seized power from President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. (Bhutto was executed in 1979.)
In 1984, the Supreme Court weakened the 70-year-old “exclusionary rule,” deciding that evidence seized in good faith with defective court warrants could be used against defendants in criminal trials.
In 1991, a worldwide financial scandal erupted as regulators in eight countries shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
In 2011, a jury in Orlando, Fla., found Casey Anthony, 25, not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress Katherine Helmond is 88. Actress Shirley Knight is 81. Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 69. Rock star Huey Lewis is 67. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage is 66. Actress Edie Falco is 54. Actress Jillian Armenante is 53. Actress Kathryn Erbe is 52. Actor Michael Stuhlbarg is 49. Country musician Brent Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 48. Rock musician Bengt Lagerberg (The Cardigans) is 44. Rapper Bizarre is 41. Rock singer Jason Wade (Lifehouse) is 37. Country musician Dave Haywood (Lady Antebellum) is 35. Rock musician Nick O’Malley (Arctic Monkeys) is 32.