Today In History

Today is Wednesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2019. There are 174 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

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

ON THIS DATE

› 1919: President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.)

› 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.)

› 1929: American paper currency was reduced in size as the government began issuing bills that were approximately 25% smaller.

› 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.

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

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 92. Actor William Smithers is 92. Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 88. Director Ivan Passer is 86. Actor Robert Pine is 78. Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is

76. International Tennis Hall of Famer Virginia Wade is 74. Actress Sue Lyon is 73. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 72. Rock musician Dave Smalley is 70. Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 68. Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 65. Bluegrass singer-musician Tim Surrett (Balsam Range) is 56. Actor Alec Mapa is

54. Country singer-songwriter Ken Mellons is

54. Rock musician Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) is 54. Actor Gale Harold is 50. Rockabilly singer Imelda May is 45. Actor Adrian Grenier is

43. Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is 42. Actress Gwendoline Yeo is 42. Actress Heather Hemmens is 35. Actress Emily Skeggs (TV: “When We Rise”) is

29. Rapper/singer Angel Haze is 28. Pop singer Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) is 26.