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Today in History: July 8

1663 The British crown grants Rhode Island a charter guaranteeing freedom of worship.

1758 The British attack on Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga, New York, is foiled by the French.

1863 Demoralized by the surrender of Vicksburg, Confederates in Port Hudson, Louisiana, surrender to Union forces.

1864 Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreats into Atlanta to prevent being flanked by Union General William T. Sherman.

1865 Four of the conspirators in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination are hanged in Washington, D.C.

1879 The first ship to use electric lights departs from San Francisco, California.

1918 Ernest Hemingway is wounded in Italy while working as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross.

1943 American B-24 bombers strike Japanese-held Wake Island for the first time.

1960 The Soviet Union charges American pilot Francis Gary Powers with espionage.



Born on July 8

1839 John D. Rockefeller, financier, philanthropist, founder of Standard Oil.



JOTD

I went to the doctors recently He said: “Don’t eat anything fatty” I said: “What, like bacon and burgers?”

He said, “No. Fatty, don’t eat anything."