By The Associated Press

              - Today is Saturday, July 10, the 191st day of 1999. There are 174
                days left in the year.

              - On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of
                Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by
                air.
              - In 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency,
                following the death of President Zachary Taylor.
              - In 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state.
              - In 1919, President Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of
                Versailles to the Senate, and urged its ratification.
              - In 1925, the official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, was
                established.
              - In 1943, during World War II, U.S. and British forces invaded
                Sicily.
              - In 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean conflict
                began at Kaesong.
              - In 1962, the Telstar communications satellite was launched from
                Cape Canaveral, Fla.
              - In 1979, conductor Arthur Fiedler, who had led the Boston Pops
                orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.
              - In 1991, Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first
                elected president of the Russian republic.
              - In 1992, a federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian
                leader Manuel Noriega, convicted of drug and racketeering charges,
                to 40 years in prison. (However, a judge last March cut Noriega's
                sentence by 10 years, meaning he could be eligible for parole in
                2000.)

              - Ten years ago: Mel Blanc, the "man of a thousand voices,"
                including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and
                Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.
              - Five years ago: In the first meeting of its kind, Russian
                President Boris Yeltsin joined leaders of the Group of Seven
                nations for political talks following their annual economic summit
                in Naples, Italy.
              - One year ago: Bringing to a close one of the biggest sex
                scandals ever to hit the Roman Catholic Church, the Diocese of
                Dallas agreed to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who
                said they had been molested by a priest.

              *Happy Birthday*
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              - "Mr. Wizard" Don Herbert is 82.
              - Former NBC and ABC News correspondent David Brinkley is 79.
              - Eunice Kennedy Shriver is 78.
              - Former boxer Jake LaMotta is 78.
              - Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 72.
              - Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 66.
              - Director Ivan Passer is 66.
              - Actor Mills Watson is 59.
              - Actor Robert Pine is 58.
              - Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is 56.
              - Tennis player Virginia Wade is 54.
              - Actor Ron Glass ("Barney Miller") is 54.
              - Actress Sue Lyon is 53.
              - Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 52.
              - Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 48.
              - Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 45.
              - Banjo player Bela Fleck is 41.
              - Country musician Hawkshaw Wilson (BR5-49) is 39.
              - Rock musician Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) is 34.