TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS SATURDAY, JULY 21, the 202nd day of 2018. There are 163 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating the state law against teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.)

In 1861, during the Civil War, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., resulting in a Confederate victory.

In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II, capturing it from the Japanese some three weeks later.

In 1955, during a summit in Geneva, President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented his “open skies” proposal under which the U.S. and the Soviet Union would trade information on each other’s military facilities and allow aerial reconnaissance. (The Soviets rejected the proposal.)

In 1961, Capt. Virgil “Gus” Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying aboard the Liberty Bell 7.

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command module.

In 1980, draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year-old men.

In 1997, the USS Constitution, which defended the U.S. during the War of 1812, set sail under its own power for first time in 116 years, leaving its anchorage at Marblehead, Mass., for a one-hour voyage marking its 200th anniversary.

In 2011, the 30-year-old space shuttle program ended as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla., after the 135th shuttle flight.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Movie director Norman Jewison is 92. Singer Yusuf Islam (also known as Cat Stevens) and cartoonist Garry Trudeau are 70. Actor Jamey Sheridan is 67. Rock singermusician Eric Bazilian (The Hooters) is 65. Comedian Jon Loitz is 61. Soccer player Brandi Chastain is 50. Rock singer Emerson Hart is 49. Rock-soul singer Michael Fitzpatrick (Fitz and the Tantrums) and actress Alysia Reiner are 48. Actress Ali Landry is 45. Actor-comedian Steve Byrne is 44. Actors Justin Bartha and Josh Hartnett, and country singer Brad Mates (Emerson Drive) are 40. MLB All-Star pitcher CC Sabathia is 38. Singer Blake Lewis (“American Idol”) is 37. Rock musician Will Berman (MGMT) is 36. Actors Rory Culkin and Jamie Waylett (“Harry Potter” films) are 29. Figure skater Rachael Flatt is 26.