Today In History

Today is Tuesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2018. There are 174 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1940: During World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the Luftwaffe started attacking southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.)

ON THIS DATE

› 1890: Wyoming became the 44th state.

› 1925: Jury selection took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in the trial of John T. Scopes, charged with violating the law by teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (Scopes was convicted and fined, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.)

› 1962: AT&T’s Telstar 1 communications satellite, capable of relaying television signals and telephone calls, was launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral.

› 1973: The Bahamas became fully independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.

› 1985: Bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.

› 1991: Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.

› 1999: The United States women’s soccer team won the World Cup, beating China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 91. Actor William Smithers is 91. Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 87. Director Ivan Passer is 85. Actor Lawrence Pressman is 79. Actress Sue Lyon is 72. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 71. Rock musician Dave Smalley is 69. Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 67. Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 64. Banjo player Bela Fleck is 60. Country singer-songwriter Ken Mellons is 53. Rock musician Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) is

53. Actor Gale Harold is

49. Country singer Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts) is 48. Actor Aaron D. Spears is 47. Actress Sofia Vergara is 46. Rockabilly singer Imelda May is 44. Actor Adrian Grenier is

42. Rock musician John Spiker is 37. Actress Heather Hemmens is 34. Actress Emily Skeggs (TV: “When We Rise”) is

28. Rapper/singer Angel Haze is 27. Pop singer Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) is 25.