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Associated Press<\/p>\n

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With the London Tower Bridge in the background, a Royal Air Force barrage balloon flies overhead for protection against low-flying German planes, in the British capital during World War II, in 1940. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 10, 1940, the Battle of Britain began during World War II as Nazi forces attacked southern England by air.
\n1832 President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
\n1850 Vice President Millard Fillmore became president following the death of Zachary Taylor.
\n1890 Wyoming became the 44th state.
\n1943 U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily during World War II.
\n1951 Armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.
\n1962 The Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
\n1964 The album “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles was released.
\n1973 The Bahamas became independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.
\n1985 Coca-Cola Co., bowing to pressure from irate customers after the introduction of New Coke, said it would resume selling its old formula.
\n1991 Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
\n1992 A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to 40 years in prison on drug and racketeering charges.
\n1999 The U.S. women’s soccer team won the World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
\n2006 Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded.
\n2011 Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World, brought down by a phone-hacking scandal, published it last issue.
\nToday’s Birthdays:
\nActress Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”) turns 43 years old today.
\nJake LaMotta, Boxing Hall of Famer, 94
\nWilliam Smithers, Actor, 88
\nJerry Herman, Broadway composer (“Hello Dolly”), 84
\nMavis Staples, R&B, gospel singer, 76
\nRon Glass, Actor (“Barney Miller”), 70
\nVirginia Wade, Tennis Hall of Famer, 70
\nArlo Guthrie, Folk singer, 68
\nAndre Dawson, Baseball Hall of Famer, 61
\nNeil Tennant, Rock singer (Pet Shop Boys), 61
\nBela Fleck, Banjo player (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), 57
\nGary LeVox, Country singer (Rascal Flatts,) 45
\nChiwetel Ejiofor, Actor (“12 Years a Slave”), 38
\nThomas Ian Nicholas, Actor, 35
\nJessica Simpson, Singer, 35
\nActor Adrian Grenier (“Entourage”) turns 39 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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