历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-07-08

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1839John D. Rockefeller founder² of Standard Oil which dominated the oil industry into the early 20th century is born in Richford, New York.

1947In New Mexico, word of what becomes known as the Roswell Incident, a touchstone for UFO buffs. A local U.S. military office says pieces of what it calls “a crashed disc” have been recovered near the city of Roswell, but the military later says the material found on a ranch³ is really a top-secret weather balloon, not a crashed alien spacecraft.

1994Kim Il-sung, North Korea's communist leader who launched the Korean War dies at age 82. His son, Kim Jong-il succeeds him in power. 1986Kurt Waldheim is sworn in as Austria’s president, despite controversy⁴ over his alleged⁵ ties to Nazi⁶ war crimes during World WarⅡ.

And 1907In New York City, Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld stages his first follies⁷ on the roof of the New York Theater.

Today in History, July 8th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press,

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