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 July - 10 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 this day in history.  

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 July - 10 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 this day in history french agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand  

1985  On this day in history fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered  

1986  On July - 10 israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps  

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

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

1989  On this day in history mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81  

1989  Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81 on July - 10.  

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

1993  On July - 10 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  On July - 10 hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74  

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

2013  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1625  Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703) was born on July - 10.  

0138  Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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