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 this day in history.  

1981  CERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV) on July - 10.  

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 this day in history miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze  

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  Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor on this day in history.  

1985  On July - 10 french agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand  

1985  On July - 10 fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered  

1986  On this day in history israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps  

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

1988  Errol John, playwright, dies at 63 on July - 10.  

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 July - 10.  

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

1990  On July - 10 hans Faverey, poet, dies  

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

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 July - 10.  

1994  On this day in history earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66  

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

1996  On July - 10 eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79  

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 this day in history.  

2005  Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept on this day in history.  

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

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  Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China executed on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history yair Lapid warns of Israeli Defense Force ground operation if Gazan rocket fire do not stop  

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

1452  King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) was born on this day in history.  

1509  John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian was born on July - 10.  

1517  On this day in history 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  Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1614  Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686) was born on July - 10.  

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

0138  On July - 10 publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies  

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

0649  Death of Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) on July - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

1099  On July - 10 death of el Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)  

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

1290  On July - 10 death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)