Associated Press
One year ago: A Bush administration assessment said Iraq had achieved only limited military and political progress toward a democratic society; Iraqi leaders responded by insisting they were making progress. The House of Representatives voted to withdraw U.S. troops by spring 2008 despite a veto threat from President Bush. British soccer star David Beckham and his wife, Victoria (of Spice Girls fame), arrived in Los Angeles to begin their new lives in the United States.
2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers
1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million
1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London
1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert
1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
1543 England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
Friday, July 11, 2008
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