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• Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2014. There are 175 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On July 9, 1944, during World War II, American forces secured Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell.
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• On this date:
• In 1540, England's King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled.
• In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
• In 1816, Argentina declared independence from Spain.
• In 1850, the 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor, died after serving only 16 months of his term. (He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore.)
• In 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic national convention in Chicago.
• In 1918, 101 people were killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tennessee. The Distinguished Service Cross was established by an Act of Congress.
• In 1938, Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo died in Port Chester, New York, at age 68.
• In 1943, during World War II, the Allies launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.
• In 1964, United Airlines Flight 823, a Vickers Viscount 745D, crashed in Tennessee during a flight from Philadelphia to Huntsville, Alabama, after a fire broke out on board; all 39 occupants were killed.
• In 1974, former U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren died in Washington at age 83.
• 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 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton tapped Tennessee Sen. Al Gore to be his running mate. Former CBS News commentator Eric Sevareid died in Washington at age 79.
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• Ten years ago: A Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded the CIA had

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