On this day in history - Today, July, 8

Today in History

• 2011 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched for the last time

  It was also the last flight of NASA's 30-year long and successful Space Shuttle program. STS-135, as

• 1994 Kim Jong-il takes office as the Supreme Leader of North Korea

  Popularly known as "Dear Leader" in his country, Kim Jong-il took North Korea's highest office after

• 1889 Wall Street Journal published for the first time

  Three financial reporters named Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser created The Wall

• 1777 Vermont abolishes slavery

  Vermont adopted its constitution that abolished slavery, becoming the first region in the now United

• 1497 Vasco da Gama sets off on a voyage to India from Lisbon with 4 ships

  A year later, he reached the city of Calicut in southern India and became the first European to set