What Happened On This Day in History?

1832

President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.

1850

Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency, following the death of President Taylor.

1890

Wyoming became the 44th state.

1919

President Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification.

1925

The official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, was established.

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.

1943

U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily during World War II.

1951

Armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean conflict began at Kaesong.

1962

The Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

1973

The Bahamas became independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.

1985

Bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.

1991

Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.

1991

President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its ''profound transformation'' toward racial equality.

1992

A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, convicted of drug and racketeering charges, to 40 years in prison.

1995

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from almost six years of house arrest in Yangon, Myanmar.

1997

Scientists in London said DNA from a Neanderthal skeleton supported a theory that all humanity descended from an ''African Eve'' 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

1999

The U.S. 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, Calif.

1979

Conductor Arthur Fiedler, who had led the Boston Pops orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.

1989

Mel Blanc, the ''man of a thousand voices,'' including cartoon characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.