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July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining.
Events
100 BC-AD 1899
1900-1999
- 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.
- 1967 - Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 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 Neandertal 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.
2000-2099
Births
1400-1899
- 1452 - King James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
- 1509 - John Calvin, Swiss reformer (d. 1564)
- 1830 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
- 1832 - Alvan Graham Clark, telescope maker, astronomer
- 1834 - James McNeil Whistler, American painter
- 1835 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer
- 1842 - Adolphus Busch brewer
- 1856 - Nikola Tesla, physicist (d. 1943)
- 1871 - Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922)
- 1888 - Giorgio Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
- 1895 - Carl Orff, German composer(d. 1982)
- 1899 - John Gilbert, actor (d. 1936)
1900-1999
- 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 Canadian writer
- 1915 - Milt Buckner (musician: piano, organ, and composer
- 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.
- 1940 - Helen Donath, American soprano
- 1942 - Pyotr Klimuk, cosmonaut
- 1942 - Ronnie James Dio, rock musician
- 1943 - Arthur Ashe, tennis player (d. 1993)
- 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, musician
- 1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, singer/songwriter
- 1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician
- 1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
- 1980 - Adam Petty, NASCAR driver (d. 2000)
- 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
Deaths
100-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
July 9 - July 11 - June 10 - August 10 -- listing of all days
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