Page 8: Historical Events In July - 10

1980  Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen on July - 10.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1983  On July - 10 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  Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered on this day in history.   

1986  On July - 10 israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps   

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

1988  On July - 10 errol John, playwright, dies at 63   

1989  On July - 10 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  On this day in history andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show   

1990  Hans Faverey, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1991  Gerome Ragal author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  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  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  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  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  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 July - 10.   

1526  Philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien was born on July - 10.   

1592  Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1614  On July - 10 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  Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1290  On this day in history death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)