TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2018. There are 174 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 10, 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:
■ In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.)
■ In 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.)
■ In 1929, American paper currency was reduced in size as the government began issuing bills that were approximately 25 percent smaller.
■ In 1962, AT&T’s Telstar 1 communications satellite, capable of relaying television signals and telephone calls, was launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral.
■ In 1985, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.
■ In 1991, President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed a bill overhauling rules about government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.
Five years ago: In a first, the Navy succeeded in landing a drone the size of a fighter jet
aboard an aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, off the Virginia coast.
One year ago: Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged that he agreed to meet with a Russian lawyer during his father’s presidential campaign in the hope that he would receive information about Democrat Hillary Clinton.
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. Singer Mavis Staples is 79. Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is 75. International Tennis Hall of Famer Virginia Wade is 73. Actress Sue Lyon is 72. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 71. Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 67. Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 64. Banjo player Bela Fleck is 60. Bluegrass singer-musician Tim Surrett (Balsam Range) is 55. Actor Alec Mapa is 53. Country singer-songwriter Ken Mellons is 53. Actor Gale Harold is 49. Country singer Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts) is 48. Actor Aaron D. Spears is 47. Rockabilly singer Imelda May is 44. Actor Adrian Grenier is 42. Actress Gwendoline Yeo is 41. Singeractress Jessica Simpson is 38. 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.
Thought for Today: “One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.”—Malayan proverb.