domingo, 10 de julio de 2011

On This Day: July 10

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On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses.

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On July 10, 1943, Arthur Robert Ashe, the tennis star who was the first black man to win a major championship, was born. Following his death on Feb. 6, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1832	President Andrew Jackson 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.
1921	Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Mass.
1943	U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily during World War II.
1951	Armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.
1962	The Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
1964	The album "A Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles was released.
1973	The Bahamas became independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.
1985	Coca-Cola Co., bowing to pressure from irate customers after the introduction of New Coke, said it would resume selling its old formula.
1991	Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
1992	A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to 40 years in prison on drug and racketeering charges.
1999	The U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
2006	Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded.

Current Birthdays

Sofia Vergara, Actress (“Modern Family”)

Actress Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") turns 39 years old today.

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Actor Adrian Grenier ("Entourage") turns 35 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg

1921	Jake LaMotta, Boxing Hall of Famer, turns 90
1927	William Smithers, Actor, turns 84
1931	Jerry Herman, Broadway composer ("Hello Dolly"), turns 80
1939	Mavis Staples, R&B, gospel singer, turns 72
1945	Ron Glass, Actor ("Barney Miller"), turns 66
1945	Virginia Wade, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 66
1947	Arlo Guthrie, Folk singer, turns 64
1954	Andre Dawson, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 57
1954	Neil Tennant, Rock singer (Pet Shop Boys), turns 57
1958	Bela Fleck, Banjo player (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), turns 53
1970	Gary LeVox, Country singer (Rascal Flatts), turns 41
1980	Thomas Ian Nicholas, Actor, turns 31
1980	Jessica Simpson, Singer, turns 31

Historic Birthdays

Arthur Robert Ashe7/10/1943 - 2/6/1993Tennis champion.Go to obituary »

54	John Calvin 7/10/1509 - 5/27/1564 French theologian
56	Sir William Blackstone 7/10/1723 - 2/14/1780 English jurist and author
68	Robert Chambers 7/10/1802 - 3/17/1871 Scottish author and publisher
73	Camille Pissarro 7/10/1830 - 11/13/1903 French Impressionist painter
74	Adolphus Busch 7/10/1839 - 10/10/1913 German-born American business leader and brewer
86	Nikoli Tesla 7/10/1856 - 1/7/1943 Serbian-American inventor and researcher
68	Finley Peter Dunne 7/10/1867 - 4/24/1936 American journalist and humorist
51	Marcel Proust 7/10/1871 - 11/18/1922 French novelist
79	Mary McLeod Bethune 7/10/1875 - 5/18/1955 American educator and civil rights advisor to Franklin Roosevelt
86	Carl Orff 7/10/1895 - 3/29/1982 German composer and musical innovator
55	Kurt Alder 7/10/1902 - 6/20/1958 German Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1950)
71	Jorge Icaza 7/10/1906 - 5/26/1978 Ecuadorian novelist and playwright