Historical Events In July - 10

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

1980  On July - 10 willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp  

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

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 July - 10.  

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

1983  On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751  

1983  Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1985  Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke on this day in history.  

1985  Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor on July - 10.  

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1985  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76  

1988  Errol John, playwright, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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  Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show on this day in history.  

1990  Hans Faverey, poet, dies on July - 10.  

1991  On this day in history gerome Ragal author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer  

1991  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

2007  2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco (AL 5, NL 4) on July - 10.  

2007  On July - 10 a Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.  

2007  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

2013  40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China on this day in history.  

2014  On July - 10 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  On this day in history birth of john Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0518  Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies on July - 10.  

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

0983  On July - 10 benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies  

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 July - 10.  

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 July - 10.