1776

Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, outside the State House in Philadelphia.

1889

The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.

1947

A New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a “flying saucer” that crashed onto a ranch; officials then said it was actually a weather balloon.

1994

Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader since 1948, died at age 82.

2010

The largest spy swap between the U.S. and Russia since the Cold War unfolded as 10 people accused of spying in suburban America pleaded guilty to conspiracy and were ordered deported to Russia in exchange for the release of four prisoners accused of spying for the West.

Birthdays

Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 81. Children’s musician Raffi is 77. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is 76. Actor Anjelica Huston is 74. Writer Anna Quindlen is 73. Actor Kevin Bacon is 67. Singer Joan Osborne is 63. Actor Billy Crudup is 57. Musician Beck is 55. Actor Kathleen Robertson is 52. Actor Milo Ventimiglia is 48. Actor Sophia Bush is 43. Actor Maya Hawke is 27. Actor Jaden Smith is 27.