July 10
1832 - President Andrew Johnson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
1850 - Vice President Millard Fillmore became president following the death of Zachary Taylor.
1890 - Wyoming became the 44th state.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the U.S. Senate and urged its ratification. (The Senate would go on to reject the treaty.)
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 percent smaller.
1940 - The 114-day Battle of Britain during World War II began.
1943 - U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily during World War II.
1951 - Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.
1962 - AT&T's Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1973 - The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.
1973 - John Paul Getty III, the teenage grandson of the oil tycoon, was abducted in Rome by kidnappers who cut off his ear when his family was slow to meet their ransom demands; Getty was released in December 1973 for nearly $3 million.
1985 - The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by French intelligence agents; one activist was killed.
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced it was bringing back the original Coke formula and calling it "Coca-Cola Classic" after a large public outcry against "New Coke".
1989 - Mel Blanc, the "man of a thousand voices", including cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
1991 - President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
1992 - A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to 40 years in prison on drug and racketeering charges.
1995 - Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.
2003 - Spain opened its first mosque since the Moors were expelled in 1492.
2004 - President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.
2006 - Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded.
2008 - 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.
2011 - Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the "News of the World", brought down by a phone-hacking scandal, published it last issue.
2013 - 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.
Birthdays
25 - Perrie Edwards (singer)
25 - Carla Jeffery (actress)
26 - Manpreet Bambra (actress)
27 - Angel Haze (singer)
28 - Emily Skeggs (actress)
28 - Cara de la Hoyde (reality star)
30 - Antonio Brown (football player)
34 - Heather Hemmens (actress)
37 - John Spiker (musician)
38 - Jessica Simpson (actress/singer)
38 - Thomas Ian Nicholas (actor)
41 - Gwendoline Yeo (actress)
42 - Adrian Grenier (actor)
44 - Imelda May (singer)
46 - Sofia Vergara (actress)
47 - Erika Jayne (singer)
47 - Aaron D. Spears (actor)
48 - Gary LeVox (country singer)
49 - Gale Harold (actor)
53 - Alec Mapa (actor)
54 - Urban Meyer (football coach)
58 - Shaw Wilson (country singer)
60 - Fiona Shaw (actress)
67 - Phyllis Smith (actress)
72 - Sue Lyon (actress)
77 - Robert Pine (actor)
79 - Lawrence Pressman (actor)
91 - William Smithers (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 10
1914 - The Boston Red Sox acquire Babe Ruth from the Baltimore Orioles.
1934 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 9-7 in New York.
1936 - Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein becomes fourth to hit four home runs in a game.
1943 - Arthur Robert Ashe, the tennis star who became the first black man to win a major championship, was born.
1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson was defeated for only the second time in 133 fights as Randy Turpin took the middleweight crown.
1951 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 8-3 in Detroit.
1956 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-3 in Washington, D.C.
1962 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 in Washington, D.C.
1969 - The National League votes to split into two divisions.
1984 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 in San Francisco. In the game, Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets becomes the youngest player to ever appear in an All-Star Game as a pitcher at the age of 19 years, 7 months, and 24 days old.
1990 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 2-0 in Chicago.
1999 - The U.S. women's soccer team defeated China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play to win the World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
2001 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-1 in Seattle.
2007 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 5-4 in San Francisco.
2012 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 8-0 in Kansas City.
2013 - David Ortiz doubled in his first at-bat to become baseball's career leader in hits as a designated hitter and hit a two-run homer an inning later, leading the Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 victory over Seattle.
1832 - President Andrew Johnson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
1850 - Vice President Millard Fillmore became president following the death of Zachary Taylor.
1890 - Wyoming became the 44th state.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the U.S. Senate and urged its ratification. (The Senate would go on to reject the treaty.)
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 percent smaller.
1940 - The 114-day Battle of Britain during World War II began.
1943 - U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily during World War II.
1951 - Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.
1962 - AT&T's Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1973 - The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.
1973 - John Paul Getty III, the teenage grandson of the oil tycoon, was abducted in Rome by kidnappers who cut off his ear when his family was slow to meet their ransom demands; Getty was released in December 1973 for nearly $3 million.
1985 - The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by French intelligence agents; one activist was killed.
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced it was bringing back the original Coke formula and calling it "Coca-Cola Classic" after a large public outcry against "New Coke".
1989 - Mel Blanc, the "man of a thousand voices", including cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
1991 - President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
1992 - A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to 40 years in prison on drug and racketeering charges.
1995 - Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.
2003 - Spain opened its first mosque since the Moors were expelled in 1492.
2004 - President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.
2006 - Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded.
2008 - 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.
2011 - Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the "News of the World", brought down by a phone-hacking scandal, published it last issue.
2013 - 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.
Birthdays
25 - Perrie Edwards (singer)
25 - Carla Jeffery (actress)
26 - Manpreet Bambra (actress)
27 - Angel Haze (singer)
28 - Emily Skeggs (actress)
28 - Cara de la Hoyde (reality star)
30 - Antonio Brown (football player)
34 - Heather Hemmens (actress)
37 - John Spiker (musician)
38 - Jessica Simpson (actress/singer)
38 - Thomas Ian Nicholas (actor)
41 - Gwendoline Yeo (actress)
42 - Adrian Grenier (actor)
44 - Imelda May (singer)
46 - Sofia Vergara (actress)
47 - Erika Jayne (singer)
47 - Aaron D. Spears (actor)
48 - Gary LeVox (country singer)
49 - Gale Harold (actor)
53 - Alec Mapa (actor)
54 - Urban Meyer (football coach)
58 - Shaw Wilson (country singer)
60 - Fiona Shaw (actress)
67 - Phyllis Smith (actress)
72 - Sue Lyon (actress)
77 - Robert Pine (actor)
79 - Lawrence Pressman (actor)
91 - William Smithers (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 10
1914 - The Boston Red Sox acquire Babe Ruth from the Baltimore Orioles.
1934 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 9-7 in New York.
1936 - Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein becomes fourth to hit four home runs in a game.
1943 - Arthur Robert Ashe, the tennis star who became the first black man to win a major championship, was born.
1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson was defeated for only the second time in 133 fights as Randy Turpin took the middleweight crown.
1951 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 8-3 in Detroit.
1956 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-3 in Washington, D.C.
1962 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 in Washington, D.C.
1969 - The National League votes to split into two divisions.
1984 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 in San Francisco. In the game, Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets becomes the youngest player to ever appear in an All-Star Game as a pitcher at the age of 19 years, 7 months, and 24 days old.
1990 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 2-0 in Chicago.
1999 - The U.S. women's soccer team defeated China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play to win the World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
2001 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-1 in Seattle.
2007 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 5-4 in San Francisco.
2012 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 8-0 in Kansas City.
2013 - David Ortiz doubled in his first at-bat to become baseball's career leader in hits as a designated hitter and hit a two-run homer an inning later, leading the Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 victory over Seattle.
