Page 8: Historical Events In July - 10

1980  Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen on this day in history.   

1980  Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp on July - 10.   

1981  On this day in history cERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV)   

1982  In Vancouver, BC, three $2 ticket bettors win $579,129 apiece at the races in Exhibition Park. (they call it the sport of kings?) on July - 10.   

1982  Miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79   

1983  E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751 on July - 10.   

1983  On this day in history 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 this day in history explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor   

1985  French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand on July - 10.   

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

1986  Israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps on this day in history.   

1987  John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history errol John, playwright, dies at 63   

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

1989  Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1990  Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show on July - 10.   

1990  On July - 10 hans Faverey, poet, dies   

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

1991  On July - 10 gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48   

1993  Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1994  Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 on July - 10.   

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

1996  Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

2005  On this day in history 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  On this day in history a Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.   

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

2011  British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal on July - 10.   

2012  The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages on this day in history.   

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 July - 10.   

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1419  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)   

1452  On this day in history birth of king James III of Scotland (d. 1488)   

1509  John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian was born on this day in history.   

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

1526  Philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien was born on this day in history.   

1592  On July - 10 birth of pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)   

1614  Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)   

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

0518  On this day in history anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies   

0649  On this day in history 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  Death of El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) on this day in history.   

1103  Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1290  Death of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) on this day in history.