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Today is Thursday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2008. 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 Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air.
On this date:
In 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency, taking the oath of office following the death of President Zachary Taylor.
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 1962, the Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
In 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.
In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
Today's Birthdays: Eunice Kennedy Shriver is 87. Former boxer Jake LaMotta is 87. Writer-producer Earl Hamner Jr. is 85. Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 81. Actor William Smithers is 81. Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 77. Director Ivan Passer is 75. Actor Lawrence Pressman is 69. Singer Mavis Staples is 69. Actor Mills Watson is 68. Actor Robert Pine is 67. Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is 65. Tennis player Virginia Wade is 63. Actor Ron Glass is 63. Actress Sue Lyon is 62. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 61. Rock musician Dave Smalley is 59. Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 57. Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 54. Banjo player Bela Fleck is 50. Country musician Shaw Wilson (BR549) is 48. Country singer-songwriter Ken Mellons is 43. Rock musician Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) is 43. Country singer Gary LeVox (Rascal Flats) is 38. Actress Sofia Vergara is 36. Actor Adrian Grenier is 32. Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas is 28. Singer-actress Jessica Simpson is 28.
Thought for Today: "There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth: those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it." -- Germaine de Stael, French author (1766-1817).
-- The Associated Press
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