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50 years ago: A bid of $100 purchased a 1955 Buick automobile loaded down with groceries at the highlight of the Madelia Crazy Days celebration.

10 years ago: Turner Halle’s Sunday Sinners group held a Pork Chop Dinner Fundraiser to provide money for new equipment for the Turner Gymnastics Program.

5 years ago: Jason Geiger of Hanska won the King Street Class at the Brainerd International Raceway.

One year ago: The ISD 88 Foundation and its Alumni Committee inducted Clifton Anderson, James Hoffman, Dan Loose, James Senske and David Silcox into the 2018 ISD 88 Hall of Fame.

And elsewhere…

Today is Wednesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2019. There are 174 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight:

On July 10, 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.

On this date:

In 1509, theologian John Calvin, a key figure of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Noyon, Picardy, France.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles 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 Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (Scopes was convicted and fined, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.)

In 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the Luftwaffe started attacking southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.)

In 1973, the Bahamas became fully independent after three centuries of British colonial rule. John Paul Getty III, the teenage grandson of the oil tycoon, was abducted in Rome by kidnappers who cut off his ear when his family was slow to meet their ransom demands; Getty was released in December 1973 for nearly $3 million.

In 1985, the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by French intelligence agents; one activist was killed. 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 1999, the United States women’s soccer team won the World Cup, beating China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

In 2004, President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.

Ten years ago: General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection with promises of making money and building cars people would be eager to buy.

One year ago: A daring rescue mission in Thailand was completed successfully, as the last four of the 12 boys who were trapped in a flooded cave for 2 ½ weeks were brought to safety along with their soccer coach. The other eight had been brought out in the two preceding days.

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Mavis Staples is 80. Tennis Hall of Famer Virginia Wade is 74. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 72. Banjo player Bela Fleck is 61. Actress Sofia Vergara is 47. Actress Gwendoline Yeo is 42. Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas is 39. Singer-actress Jessica Simpson is 39. Rock musician John Spiker is 38. Actress Heather Hemmens is 35. Actress Emily Skeggs (TV: “When We Rise”) is 29. Rapper/singer Angel Haze is 28. Pop singer Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) is 26.

Thought for Today: “The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind.” — Frank Herbert, American author (1920-1986).

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