Today in HistoryToday is Friday, July 6, the 187th day of 2007. There are 178 days left in the year.ON THIS DATE<$>In 1923, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics came into existence as its constitution took effect.

In 1967, civil war erupted as Nigeria sent troops into the secessionist state of Biafra. The Biafran War, which lasted two[1/2] years and resulted in a Nigerian victory; hundreds of thousands died.

In 1975, the Comoros Islands parliament declared unilateral independence from French rule.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German revolutionary (1871-1919).