TODAY IN HISTORY

On July 10, 1908, William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification.

In 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.

In 1973, the Bahamas became fully independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.

In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian Federation.

In 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.

In 2002, the House approved, 310-113, a measure to allow airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit.