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Article: Wednesday, July 8
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Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2009. There are 176 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1524 - Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano arrives in France to report on his discoveries in the New World, which include the New York Bay. His voyage becomes the basis for French claims of territory.
1709 - Russian forces under Peter the Great defeat Swedish forces under Charles XII at Poltava, Ukraine.
1792 - France declares war on Prussia.
1833 - Turkey and Russia sign Treaty of Hunkar Iskelesi, a defensive alliance under which Sultan agrees to close Dardanelles Straits to all but Russian warships.
1846 - Denmark's King ...