Todayâs Highlights in History:
On July 10, 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
On this date:
In A.D. 138, Roman Emperor Hadrian, responsible for the construction of opulent temples as well as the barrier in northern Britain known as Hadrianâs Wall, died at age 62.
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SYâ) to the Senate and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.)
In 1925, jury selection took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in the trial of John T. Scopes, charged with violating the law by teaching Darwinâs Theory of Evolution. (Scopes was convicted and fined, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.)
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