July 10
July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining.
Events
- 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
- 1778 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1789 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches Mackenzie River Delta.
- 1821 - The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 1832 - President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1850 - Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States.
- 1890 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- 1913 - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C) which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2003).
- 1925 - The official news agency of the Soviet Union called the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
- 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
- 1938 - Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.
- 1940 - World War II: Vichy France government established.
- 1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - The German Luftwaffe begin to hit British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
- 1951 - Korean War: At Kaesong, armistice negotiations begin.
- 1951 - Randy Turpin becomes the middleweight boxing champion after defeating Sugar Ray Robinson.
- 1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
- 1968 - Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1973 - The Bahamas gain full independence within the British Commonwealth.
- 1985 - The Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbor by French DGSE agents.
- 1985 - After a storm of controversy surrounding a change in its cola's formula (see New Coke), Coca-Cola re-introduces the old formula as "Coca-Cola Classic."
- 1991 - Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected president of Russia.
- 1992 - In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
- 1997 - London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- 1998 - The DNA-identified remains of United States Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in St. Louis, Missouri after being in the Tomb of the Unknowns since 1984.
- 1998 - Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.
- 2000 - In southern Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
- 2002 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
Births
- 1452 - King James III of Scotland (killed in 1488)
- 1509 - John Calvin, reformer (d. 1564)
- 1830 - Camille Pissarro, painter and graphic artist (d. 1903)
- 1834 - James McNeil Whistler, painter: Study in Gray and Black
- 1842 - Adolphus Busch (brewer: founder of Anheuser-Busch, the world's largest beer brewery).
- 1856 - Nikola Tesla, physicist, mathematician, inventor, and electrical engineer (d. 1943)
- 1871 - Marcel Proust, writer: A la recherche de temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) (d. 1922)
- 1888 - Giorgio Chirico, painter (d. 1978)
- 1895 - Carl Orff, composer: Carmina Burana (d. 1982)
- 1897 - John Gilbert (Pringle) (silent film star).
- 1899 - John Gilbert, actor (d. 1936)
- 1902 - Kurt Alder, chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry 1950 (d. 1958)
- 1903 - John Wyndham, Author
- 1914 - Joseph 'Joe' Schuster, cartoonist
- 1915 - Saul Bellow (novelist: Herzog, The Bellarosa Connecticut).
- 1915 - Milt Buckner (musician: piano, organ, composer: Hamp's Boogie Woogie, The Lamplighter, Count's Basement).
- 1920 - David Brinkley, television reporter (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and Nobel laureate
- 1921 - Harvey Ball, inventor of the Smiley
- 1921 - Jake LaMotta, boxer
- 1921 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, activist
- 1923 - Jean Kerr, author
- 1923 - Earl Hamner Jr., author, television producer (The Waltons)
- 1926 - Fred Gwynne, actor (d. 1993)
- 1931 - Nick Adams, actor (d. 1968)
- 1931 - Alice Munro, writer
- 1938 - Paul Andreu, French architect
- 1939 - Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, politician, journalist, academician.
- 1942 - Pyotr Klimuk, cosmonaut
- 1943 - Arthur Ashe, tennis player
- 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, musician
- 1949 - Ronnie James Dio, rock musician
- 1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician
- 1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
- 1980 - Adam Petty, NASCAR driver (d. 2000)
- 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
Deaths
- 138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor
- 1559 - Henry II of France
- 1584 - William the Silent, Dutch stadtholder
- 1884 - Paul Morphy, American chess player
- 1920 - Jackie Fisher, First Sea Lord (b. 1841)
- 1941 - Jelly Roll Morton, jazz musician (b. 1890)
- 1978 - John D Rockefeller III, businessman
- 1978 - Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Arthur Fiedler, orchestra conductor
- 1987 - John Hammond, record producer (b. 1910)
- 1989 - Mel Blanc, voice actor
Holidays and observances
- Bahamas - Independence Day
- Silence Day - celebrated by followers of Meher Baba
- Mauritania - Armed Forces Day
- Ancient Latvia - Septinu Bralu Diena observed
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