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 this day in history.   

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

1982  On July - 10 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 July - 10.   

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  On this day in history coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke   

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  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 July - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1993  On July - 10 masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95   

1994  Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

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 July - 10.   

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  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  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  On July - 10 the American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages   

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

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  Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1517  Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop was born on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history birth of philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien   

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

1614  On this day in history birth of arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)   

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

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

0518  On July - 10 anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies   

0649  Death of Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) on this day in history.   

0983  Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies on this day in history.   

1086  Death of Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered on this day in history.   

1099  Death of El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) on this day in history.   

1103  On this day in history erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies   

1290  Death of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) on July - 10.