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What happened in history on this day: July 10?
On July 10 in ...
- 552 - Origin of Armenian calendar.
- 1509 - Birth of John Calvin Protestant religious reformer/theologian.
- 1553 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England.
- 1629 - First non-Separatist Congregational Church in America founded (Salem, Massachusetts).
- 1630 - King Gustav Adolf of Sweden and Bogislaw XIV of Pomerania sign a treaty of alliance.
- 1690 - Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet.
- 1692 - Bridget Bishop first Salem witch hung.
- 1723 - Birth of William Blackstone England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries).
- 1775 - Horatio Gates issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army.
- 1782 - William Pitt becomes British chancellor of the exchequer.
- 1783 - Danish East India Company merchant vessel Nicobar sinks in a storm off the coast of False Bay, South Africa.
- 1792 - Birth of George Mifflin Dallas; (Democrat) 11th Vice President (1845-49).
- 1796 - Carl Friedrich Gauss discovers that every positive integer could be represented as a sum of at most three triangular numbers.
- 1821 - The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 1832 - President Andrew Jackson vetoes an extension of the charter of the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1834 - Birth of James Abbott McNeill Whistler; artist (Whistler's Mother).
- 1835 - Birth of Henryk Wieniawski in Lubin, Poland; violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou).
- 1839 - Antonio López de Santa Anna resigns (5th time) as President of Mexico.
- 1856 - Birth of Nikola Tesla; physicist, developed alternating current (dies 1943).
- 1863 - Clement Clarke Moore, author/poet ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at age 83.
- 1866 - Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1867 - Birth of Finley Peter Dunne; US journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley).
- 1871 - Birth of Marcel Proust in France; novelist (Remembrance of Things Past).
- 1875 - Birth of Mary McLeod in Bethune, South Carolina, USA; slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College).
- 1875 - L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia.
- 1879 - Birth of Dr Harry Nicholls in Holmes, Pennsylvania, USA; crystallized vitamin A.
- 1882 - Birth of Ima Hogg in Texas, USA; art patron/founder of the Houston Symphony.
- 1882 - British fleet bombards earthworks at Alexandria harbor, Egypt. After about 10 hours, 1000 sailors put ashore and occupy Alexandria.
- 1886 - Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand).
- 1888 - Birth of Giorgio De Chirico in Greece; Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer).
- 1888 - Birth of Graham McNamee; sportscaster (first Rose Bowl).
- 1892 - First concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio).
- 1895 - Birth of Carl Orff in München, Germany; composer (Antigonae).
- 1897 - Birth of Lloyd Goodrich; American Arts Museum director.
- 1910 - Johann Galle, discoverer of Neptune with telescope, dies.
- 1913 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States is at Death Valley, California: 134 degrees F (56.7 C).
- 1913 - Birth of Ljuba Welitsch in Borisovo, Bulgaria; soprano (Nedda - Pagliacci).
- 1915 - Birth of Saul Bellow in Quebec, Canada; novelist (Nobel Prize 1976 - Mr Samler's Planet).
- 1917 - Emma Goldman is imprisoned for obstructing the war draft in the US.
- 1918 - Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic is established.
- 1919 - Birth of Rusty Gill in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer ("Polka Time").
- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate.
- 1920 - Birth of David Brinkley in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA; TV journalist (NBC Nightly News 1956-70, This Week with David Brinkley).
- 1920 - Birth of Owen Chamberlain; codiscovered antiproton (Nobel Prize 1959).
- 1921 - Birth of Jake LaMotta in the Bronx, New York, USA; middleweight boxing champion (1949-51) (Raging Bull).
- 1921 - Birth of Jeff (Jean Marie) Donnell in South Windham, Maine, USA; actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Alice - The George Gobel Show, Dr. Kildare and Matt Helm, General Hospital).
- 1922 - Birth of Herb McKenley in Jamaica; 4 X 400m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1923 - 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle (Rostov, Russia).
- 1923 - All non-fascist parties disolved in Italy.
- 1923 - Birth of Earl Hamner Junior; writer/narrator (The Waltons).
- 1925 - Birth of Dorothea Hochletiner in Austria; giant slalom (Olympic-bronze-1956).
- 1925 - In Dayton, Tennessee, the "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
- 1925 - USSR's official news agency TASS is established.
- 1926 - Birth of Carleton Carpenter in Bennington, Vermont, USA; actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock).
- 1926 - Birth of Fred Gwynne in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Car 54 Where Are You?, The Munsters).
- 1926 - Lake Denmark, New Jersey, arsenal explodes, kills 21, US$75 million damage.
- 1927 - Birth of David Dinkins; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-New York City, 1989-).
- 1927 - Birth of William Smithers in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!).
- 1927 - Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, is assassinated.
- 1928 - H E Wood discovers asteroid #3300.
- 1929 - Distribution of reduced size paper money begins in the USA.
- 1929 - In game between Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies, 9 home runs are hit, one in each inning.
- 1931 - Birth of Alice Munro; Canadian author (Dance of the Happy Shades).
- 1931 - Birth of Del Insko; harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader).
- 1931 - Birth of Nick Adams in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Johnny Yuma - The Rebel TV show, Saints and Sinners) (dies 1968).
- 1931 - In Malinta, Ohio, USA an overhead cometary fragment explosion occurs, producing a crater, a smell of sulfur, windows broken in a farmhouse, and four telephone poles snapped.
- 1932 - Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in second and continues to 18-17 victory in 18 as his Philadelphia Athletics beat Cleveland Indians in longest relief job.
- 1933 - Birth of Chuan-Kwang Yang in Taiwan; decathlete (Olympic-silver-1960).
- 1933 - Birth of Jerry Herman; Broadway composer (Hello Dolly).
- 1934 - First sitting US president to visit South America, Franklin Roosevelt in Colombia.
- 1934 - Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx in the All-Star game.
- 1934 - American League beats National League 9-7 in second All-Star Game (Polo Grounds, New York).
- 1936 - 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record hot).
- 1936 - 111 degrees F (44 degrees C), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record hot).
- 1936 - New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles.
- 1936 - Birth of Lois Ada Lillenstein; Canadian children's entertainer (Sharon, Lois, and Bram).
- 1936 - Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein becomes fourth to hit four home runs in a game.
- 1937 - Birth of Sandy Stewart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Sing Along With Mitch", "Mr President").
- 1938 - Birth of Mel Wacks in the Bronx, New York, USA; Judaean coin expert, author of The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics.
- 1939 - Birth of Lawrence Pressman in Kentucky, USA; actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle, Doogie Howser, Judging Amy).
- 1940 - 64 German airplanes fly for Britain. Five squadrons of RAF Fighter Command are launched to intercept them. Twelve German planes are shot down, at a cost of three British planes. This is considered the start of the Battle of Britain.
- 1940 - Birth of Mills Watson in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Harper Valley PTA, B.J. and Bear, Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo).
- 1941 - Birth of Ian Whitcomb in England; rocker ("You Turn Me On").
- 1941 - Birth of Robert Pine in Scarsdale, New York, USA; actor (Joe Getraer - CHiPs).
- 1941 - In Black Moshannon Park, Pennsylvania, USA, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage.
- 1941 - Death of Ferdinand La Menthe AKA Jelly Roll Morton at age 50 in Los Angeles, California, USA; pianist-composer (Red Hot Peppers Band, "Jelly Roll Blues", "Wolverine Blues", "King Porter Stomp").
- 1942 - Birth of Pyotr I Klimuk; cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30).
- 1943 - Birth of Arthur Ashe; tennis pro (1968 US Open) (dies 1993).
- 1943 - (0245 hours) Operation Husky begins, with an Allied invasion of Sicily. Four British divisions of the British 8th Army under General Sir Bernard Montgomery land on a 40-mile stretch on the southeast corner around Syracuse and Cape Passero. Four American divisions of the United States 7th Army under Lieutenant-General George Patton land on a 40-mile front to the west, around Scaglitti, Gela, and Licata.
- 1943 - Birth of Jerry Miller; guitarist (Moby Grape).
- 1945 - Birth of Ron Glass; actor (Sargeant Harris - Barney Miller, Frank's Place).
- 1945 - Birth of Virginia Wade; tennis star (Wimbeldon 1977).
- 1946 - Birth of Sue Lyon in Davenport, Iowa, USA; actress (Lolita, Evel Knievel, Mantrap).
- 1947 - 200 die when train derails and falls into a river in Canton, China.
- 1947 - Birth of Arlo Guthrie; folk singer ("Alice's Restaurant", "City of New Orleans").
- 1947 - Cleveland Indians' Don Black no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.
- 1949 - First practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, Ohio. Size is 12 by 16 inches, price is US$12.
- 1949 - Birth of Mark Shera in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones).
- 1949 - Birth of Ronnie James; rocker (Dio - "Holy Diver").
- 1950 - NBC premieres the Your Hit Parade 30/60-minute variety TV show.
- 1951 - Armistice talks to end Korean conflict begin at Kaesong.
- 1951 - E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda.
- 1951 - National League beats American League 8-3 in 18th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit, USA).
- 1954 - Birth of Andre Dawson in Miami, Florida, USA; outfielder (Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, 1987 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1954 - Birth of Neil Francis Tennant; rocker (Pet Shop Boys - "Left to My Own Devices").
- 1956 - National League beats American League 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington).
- 1958 - The highest tsunami wave ever recorded is at Lituya Bay, Alaska, at 524m high.
- 1958 - First parking meter installed in England (625 installed).
- 1960 - Birth of Shaw Wilson; drummer (BR549).
- 1962 - Martin Luther King Junior arrested during demonstration in Georgia, USA.
- 1962 - National League beats American League 3-1 in 32nd All Star Game (DC Stadium, Washington).
- 1962 - The Telstar communications satellite is successfully launched into Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, providing communication via telephone and TV, with voice and picture transmission from Europe to America and back.
- 1965 - Birth of Peter DiStefano; guitarist (Porno for Pyros).
- 1966 - Orbiter 1 launched to Moon.
- 1969 - National League votes to split into two divisions.
- 1970 - Birth of Gary LeVox; country singer (Rascal Flatts).
- 1972 - Birth of Damon Sharpe in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor/musician (Guys Next Door).
- 1972 - Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida (George McGovern wins).
- 1972 - Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest, India.
- 1973 - Bahamas gains independence after 300 years of British rule.
- 1975 - NBC-TV debuts the Gladys Knight & the Pips TV series.
- 1976 - Birth of Adrian Grenier; actor (Entourage).
- 1977 - Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at age 41.
- 1978 - E F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484.
- 1978 - Military coup in Mauritania.
- 1979 - Death of Arthur Fiedler at age 84; viola player, longtime leader of the Boston Pops (1930-1979).
- 1980 - Birth of Thomas Ian Nicholas; actor (Party of Five).
- 1980 - Alexandra Palace in London destroyed by fire.
- 1980 - Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen.
- 1981 - Buena Vista releases the animated feature film The Fox and the Hound to theaters in the US. This is the first major animated film effort of the "new generation" of Disney artists.
- 1981 - CERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV).
- 1981 - Mahathir bin Mohamad became the fourth prime minister of Malaysia.
- 1982 - Miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze.
- 1983 - Birth of Kim Heechul; Korean singer (Super Junior).
- 1983 - E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751.
- 1985 - French DGSE agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland harbor, New Zealand, with explosive devices attached to the ships hull.
- 1987 - Death of John Hammond at age 76 in New York, USA; talent scout, record producer (Columbia Records, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen).
- 1989 - Death of Mel Blanc at age 81; cartoon voice (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig).
- 1989 - Death of Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder of a heart ailment at age 80; British cockney comic (Sunday Night at the Palladium TV show).
- 1990 - American League beats National League 2-0 in 61st All Star Game at Wrigley Field, Chicago.
- 1991 - Boris Yeltsin begins his five-year term as the first elected president of Russia.
- 1991 - Death of Gerome Ragni at age 48 of cancer in New York, USA; co-wrote and starred in rock musical Hair.
- 1992 - In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
- 1993 - US music video channel MTV debuts in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 1995 - Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi is freed from house arrest.
- 1997 - In London, scientists report DNA analysis findings from a Neandertal skeleton supporting the out-of-Africa theory of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- 1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in Ermua, Spain and murdered by the ETA.
- 1998 - The DNA-identified remains of United States Air Force 1st Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in St. Louis, Missouri, after being in the Tomb of the Unknowns since 1984.
- 2000 - EADS, the world's second largest aerospace group, is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA and CASA.
- 2000 - In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
- 2000 - Bashar al-Assad is confirmed as Syria's leader in a national referendum.
- 2000 - Death of Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (born 1909).
- 2001 - Sony CEA releases the Gran Turismo 3: A-spec game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA. Over one million copies are shipped in the first week.
- 2002 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for 49.5million pounds (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
- 2003 - A Russian security agent dies in Moscow, while trying to defuse a bomb a woman had tried to carry into a cafe on central Moscow's main street.
- 2003 - Death of Hartley Shawcross, British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (born 1902).
- 2003 - The last of the original Volkswagen Beetle cars is built at the assembly plant in Mexico. The car had been produced for 69 years. 21 million had been built.
- 2004 - German TV actress Inge Meysel dies at age 94. During the previous 40 years she had starred in over 100 TV productions.
- 2005 - A Luxembourg referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept it.
- 2005 - Hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm, killing ten people after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.
- 2005 - Death of Richard Eastham at age 89 of complications from Alzheimer's disease; actor (Wonder Woman TV show, Bright Promise TV show, Falcon Crest TV show).
- 2006 - Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff.
- 2006 - An ice ball the size of a microwave oven lands in Douglasdale, South Africa, creating a small crater on the pavement where it lands.
- 2007 - Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China, is executed.
- 2007 - European Union finance ministers approve entry of Malta and Cyprus into the euro currency bloc.
- 2007 - 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco, California (American League 5, National League 4).
- 2007 - A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.
- 2007 - In Islamabad, Pakistan, 200 army troops storm Lal Masjid, killing almost 100, including Abdul Rashid, head of the group.
- 2007 - Death of Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (born 1920).
- 2008 - Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube BoÜkoski is acquitted of all charges, by a UN Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
- 2009 - General Motors emerges from bankruptcy protection after 40 days, with 60 percent ownership in the hands of the U.S. government.
- 2015 - Universal releases the film Minions to theaters.
- 2016 - General election in Japan, victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- 2017 - Mosul is declared fully liberated from Daesh.
- 2018 - Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a 17-day ordeal.
- 2019 - The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico. The last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
- 2020 - Singapore general elections. Worker's Party wins 10 seats of 93 total, People's Action Party wins 57 seats.
- 2020 - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan orders the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be reverted to a mosque following a supreme court annulment of a 1934 presidential decree that made it into a museum.
- 2021 - (to August 1) The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup is held in, and is won by, the United States.
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