National News Today in History Today is Thursday, July 8, the 189th day of 2021. There are 176 days left in the year. by Associated Press Jul. 7 2021 @ 6:42pm Today is Thursday, July 8, the 189th day of 2021. There are 176 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 8, 1947, a New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a "flying saucer" that crashed onto a ranch; officials then said it was actually a weather balloon. (To this day, there are those who believe what fell to Earth was an alien spaceship carrying extra-terrestrial beings.)