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July 10 is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 174 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
• 988 - The City of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.
• 1212 - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
• 1460 - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
• 1553 - Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
• 1584 - William I of Orange was assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
• 1645 - English Civil War: Battle of Langport.
• 1778 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1789 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches Mackenzie River Delta.
• 1796 - Carl Friedrich Gauss discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers.
• 1800 - The British Indian Government established Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent.
• 1806 - The Vellore Mutiny was the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company
• 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.
• 1877 - The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
• 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.
• 1925 - The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS), the official news agency of the Soviet Union , is established.
• 1925 - Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers still observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
• 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 state law against it.
• 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).
• 1941 - Jedwabne Pogrom was a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.
• 1942 - The diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union were established.
• 1943 - World War II: The launching of Operation Husky begins the Italian Campaign.
• 1947 - Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee.
• 1951 - Korean War: At Kaesong, armistice negotiations begin.
• 1951 - Randy Turpin becomes the middleweight boxing champion after defeating Sugar Ray Robinson.
• 1958 - Alaska, highest tsunami wave ever recorded at Lituya Bay, at 524 m high.
• 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 Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1973 - National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on Bangladesh recognition.
• 1976 - The Seveso Disaster occurs in Italy.
• 1976 - One US and three UK mercenaries executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
• 1978 - World News Tonight premieres on ABC
• 1978 - Mauritania, President Moktar Ould Daddah is ousted in a bloodless coup.
• 1985 - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand Harbor by French DGSE agents.
• 1991 - Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected President of Russia.
• 1991 - South African cricket team readmitted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) following the end of Apartheid.
• 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.
• 1997 - Spain, Partido Popular member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
• 1998 - Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: 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 - A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.
• 2000 - EADS, the world's second largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
• 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 Kenneth Thomson.
• 2003 - A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.
• 2005 - Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damage.
• 2006 - Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.

Births

• 1419 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
• 1452 - King James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
• 1509 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)
• 1517 - Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (d. 1571)
• 1592 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
• 1614 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)
• 1625 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
• 1638 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
• 1666 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (d. 1711)
• 1682 - Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719)
• 1682 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716)
• 1711 - Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain (d. 1783)
• 1723 - William Blackstone, English jurist (d. 1780)
• 1736 - Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
• 1792 - George Mifflin Dallas, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864)
• 1804 - Emma Smith Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• 1809 - Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (d. 1889)
• 1830 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
• 1832 - Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1897)
• 1834 - James McNeil Whistler, American painter (d. 1903)
• 1835 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880)
• 1839 - Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913)
• 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (d. 1943)
• 1867 - Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
• 1871 - Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922)
• 1874 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian painter (d. 1971)
• 1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator (d. 1955)
• 1883 - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
• 1888 - Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
• 1895 - Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982)
• 1896 - Thérèse Casgrain, French Canadian politician and senator (d. 1981)
• 1897 - Karl Plagge, German officer (d. 1957)
• 1899 - John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936)
• 1899 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
• 1900 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker (d. 1979)
• 1900 - Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993)
• 1902 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1903 - John Wyndham, British author (d. 1969)
• 1903 - Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (d. 1989)
• 1905 - Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1905 - Wolfram Sievers, Nazi physician (d. 1948)
• 1913 - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985)
• 1914 - Joe Shuster, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1992)
• 1917 - Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host (d. 2007)
• 1920 - David Brinkley, American television reporter (d. 2003)
• 1920 - Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001)
• 1921 - Jake LaMotta, American boxer
• 1921 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist
• 1923 - Earl Hamner Jr., American author and television producer
• 1923 - Jean Kerr, American author (d. 2003)
• 1923 - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987)
• 1924 - Bobo Brazil, professional wrestler (d. 1998)
• 1925 - Mahathir bin Mohamad, fourth Malaysian Prime Minister
• 1926 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1927 - Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician
• 1927 - Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actor (d. 2003)
• 1928 - Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli Bible scholar
• 1928 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (d. 2003)
• 1928 - Bernard Buffet, French painter (d. 1999)
• 1929 - Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician
• 1931 - Nick Adams, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1931 - Alice Munro, Canadian writer
• 1932 - Carlo Mario Abate, Italian racing driver
• 1934 - Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer
• 1935 - Tura Satana, American actress
• 1938 - Paul Andreu, French architect
• 1939 - Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish politician, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
• 1940 - Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur
• 1940 - Helen Donath, American soprano
• 1941 - David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist
• 1941 - Ian Whitcomb, English songwriter, entertainer and producer
• 1942 - Ronnie James Dio, American musician
• 1942 - Pyotr Klimuk, cosmonaut
• 1943 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993)
• 1945 - John Motson, British sports (football) commentator
• 1945 - Jean-Marie Poiré, French film director
• 1945 - Virginia Wade, British tennis player
• 1945 - Ron Glass, American actor
• 1945 - Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist
• 1946 - Sue Lyon, American actress
• 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, American musician
• 1949 - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
• 1949 - Greg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality.
• 1949 - John Whitehead, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
• 1950 - Greg Kihn, American musician
• 1950 - Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greek politician
• 1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
• 1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
• 1952 - Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer
• 1952 - Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
• 1953 - Zoogz Rift, singer/songwriter and wrestling booker
• 1953 - Rik Emmett, Canadian musician (Triumph)
• 1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• 1954 - Andre Dawson, American baseball player
• 1956 - Tom McClintock, American politician
• 1957 - Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war/political activist
• 1958 - Béla Fleck, American musician
• 1961 - Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor
• 1964 - Urban Meyer, American football coach
• 1965 - Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian
• 1965 - Ken Mellons, American singer
• 1965 - Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
• 1966 - Johnny Grunge, wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
• 1969 - Gale Harold, American actor
• 1969 - Alexandra Hedison, American actress
• 1970 - Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
• 1970 - Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts)
• 1970 - Jason Orange, UK pop singer and dancer (Take That)
• 1970 - John Simm, British actor
• 1972 - Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress
• 1974 - Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
• 1975 - Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 - Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
• 1976 - Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy)
• 1976 - Adrian Grenier, American actor
• 1976 - Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
• 1976 - Brendon Lade, Australian rules footballer
• 1976 - Edmílson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 - Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New)
• 1979 - Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
• 1980 - Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
• 1980 - Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
• 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
• 1980 - Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
• 1982 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
• 1982 - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer

Deaths

• 138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (b. 76)
• 649 - Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599)
• 1099 - El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)
• 1103 - King Eric I of Denmark
• 1290 - King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
• 1460 - Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English military leader (b. 1402)
• 1480 - King René I of Naples (b. 1410)
• 1559 - King Henry II of France (b. 1519)
• 1584 - William I of Orange (b. 1533)
• 1590 - Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540)
• 1594 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (b. 1554)
• 1621 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)
• 1653 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
• 1680 - Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
• 1683 - François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
• 1686 - John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
• 1776 - Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
• 1806 - George Stubbs, British painter (b. 1724)
• 1851 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (b. 1787)
• 1881 - Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812)
• 1884 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
• 1908 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)
• 1920 - Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
• 1941 - Jelly Roll Morton, American musician (b. 1890)
• 1954 - Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1877)
• 1963 - Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
• 1970 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (b. 1908)
• 1972 - Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (b. 1887)
• 1978 - John D Rockefeller III, American businessman (b. 1906)
• 1978 - Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901)
• 1979 - Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894)
• 1981 - Ken Rex McElroy, American hog rustler (b. 1936)
• 1987 - John H. Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910)
• 1989 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)
• 2000 - Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909)
• 2000 - Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
• 2002 - Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
• 2003 - Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902)
• 2003 - Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician
• 2005 - A.J. Quinnell, English writer (b. 1940)
• 2005 - Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955)
• 2005 - Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
• 2005- Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, airshow performers
• 2006 - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965)
• 2007 - Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric (b. 1951)
• 2007 - Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances

• Bahamas - Independence Day.
• Silence Day - celebrated by followers of Meher Baba.
• Mauritania - Armed Forces Day.
• Ancient Latvia - Septinu Bralu Diena observed.

Liturgical feasts

• Saint Etto, bishop, confessor
• Saint Kanute IV, King of Denmark, martyr
• Translation of Saint Maclovius, bishop of Saint-Malo, confessor
• The Seven Brothers (Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martialis), martyrs
• Saint Witger of Hamme
• Saint Amalberga, virgin (d. 690)
• Saint Felicitas of Rome, martyr
• Saint Maria Amandina of Schakkebroek and Companions
• Saints Rufina and Secunda, martyrs