Historical Events In July - 10

1980  On July - 10 ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen   

1980  On this day in history willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp   

1981  CERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV) on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history in Vancouver, BC, three $2 ticket bettors win $579,129 apiece at the races in Exhibition Park. (they call it the sport of kings?)   

1982  On July - 10 miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze   

1982  Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1983  E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751 on this day in history.   

1983  On July - 10 werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82   

1985  Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke on July - 10.   

1985  On July - 10 explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor   

1985  On this day in history french agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand   

1985  Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered on July - 10.   

1986  On this day in history israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps   

1987  On July - 10 john Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76   

1988  On July - 10 errol John, playwright, dies at 63   

1989  Mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81   

1990  On this day in history andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show   

1990  On this day in history hans Faverey, poet, dies   

1991  Gerome Ragal author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer on this day in history.   

1991  Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 on July - 10.   

1993  On this day in history masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95   

1994  On July - 10 earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66   

1995  Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 on July - 10.   

1996  Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 on July - 10.   

2005  On July - 10 hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.   

2005  On July - 10 luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept.   

2007  2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco (AL 5, NL 4) on this day in history.   

2007  A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children on this day in history.   

2007  Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China executed on July - 10.   

2011  British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal on this day in history.   

2012  The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages on July - 10.   

2013  On July - 10 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China   

2014  Yair Lapid warns of Israeli Defense Force ground operation if Gazan rocket fire do not stop on this day in history.   

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1419  Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) was born on July - 10.   

1452  King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) was born on July - 10.   

1509  On July - 10 birth of john Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian   

1517  On July - 10 birth of odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop   

1526  On July - 10 birth of philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien   

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)   

1614  On July - 10 birth of arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)   

1625  Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

0138  Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies on July - 10.   

0518  Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0649  On July - 10 death of li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599)   

0983  Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies on July - 10.   

1086  Death of Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered on July - 10.   

1099  On this day in history death of el Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)   

1103  Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies on July - 10.   

1290  On this day in history death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)