TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS MONDAY, JULY 9, the 190th day of 2018. There are 175 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:

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

In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled.

In 1951, President Harry S. Truman asked Congress to formally end the state of war between the United States and Germany. An official end to the state of war was declared in October 1951.

In 1962, pop artist Andy Warhol’s exhibit of 32 paintings of Campbell’s soup cans opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.

In 1974, former U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren died in Washington at age 83.

In 1982, Pan Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727, crashed in Kenner, La., shortly after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport, killing all 145 people aboard and eight people on the ground.

In 1986, the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography released the final draft of its report, which linked hard-core porn to sex crimes.

In 1995, Jerry Garcia performed for the final time as frontman of the Grateful Dead during a concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Garcia died a month later.

In 2001, a divided court in Chile ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet could not be tried on human rights charges because of his deteriorating health and mental condition, a ruling that effectively brought the 85-year-old former dictator’s legal troubles to an end.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor-singer Ed Ames is 91. Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is 86. Actor James Hampton is 82. Actor Brian Dennehy is 80. Actor Richard Roundtree is 76. Singer Dee Dee Kenniebrew (The Crystals) and author Dean Koontz are 73. Football Hall-of-Famer O.J. Simpson is 71. Actor Chris Cooper is 67. TV personality John Tesh is 66. Country singer David Ball is 65. Business executive/TV personality Kevin O’Leary (TV: “Shark Tank”) and rhythm-and-blues singer Debbie Sledge (Sister Sledge) are 64. Actor Jimmy Smits and actress Lisa Banes are 63. Actor Tom Hanks is 62. Singer Marc Almond and actress Kelly McGillis are 61. Rock singer Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) is 59. Actress-rock singer Courtney Love is 54. Rock musician Frank Bello (Anthrax) and actor David O’Hara are 53. Actress Pamela Adlon is 52. Rock musician Xavier Muriel is 50. Actor Scott Grimes is 47. Actor Enrique Murciano is 45. Rock singer-musician Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) and musician/producer Jack White are 43. Rock musician Dan Estrin (Hoobastank) and actor-director Fred Savage are 42. Country musician Pat Allingham and actress Linda Park are 40. Actress Megan Parlen is 38. Rhythmand-blues singer Kiely Williams (3lw) is 32. Actor Mitchel Musso is 27. Actress Georgie Henley is 23.