July 10

July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining.

Events

• 1850 - Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States.
• 1890 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• 1940 - Vichy France government established.
• 1943 - Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins.
• 1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
• 1973 - The Bahamas gain full independence within the British Commonwealth.
• 1985 - The Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbour by French DGSE agents.

Births

• 1509 - John Calvin, reformer (+ 1564)
• 1830 - Camille Pissarro, painter and graphic artist (+ 1903)
• 1834 - James McNeil Whistler[?], painter: Study in Gray and Black
• 1871 - Marcel Proust, writer: A la recherche de temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) (+ 1922)
• 1888 - Giorgio Chirico, painter (+ 1978)
• 1895 - Carl Orff, composer: Carmina Burana (+ 1982)
• 1899 - John Gilbert, actor (+ 1936)
• 1902 - Kurt Alder[?], chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry 1950 (+ 1958)
• 1920 - David Brinkley, television reporter (+ 2003)
• 1921 - Jake LaMotta, boxer
• 1921 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, activist
• 1923 - Jean Kerr[?], author
• 1923 - Earl Hamner Jr.[?], author, television producer (The Waltons)
• 1926 - Fred Gwynne, actor (+ 1993)
• 1931 - Nick Adams[?], actor (+ 1968)
• 1943 - Arthur Ashe[?], tennis champion (+ 1993)
• 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, musician

Deaths

• 138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor
• 1584 - William the Silent, Dutch stadtholder
• 1884 - Paul Morphy, American chess player.
• 1941 - Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton, musician
• 1978 - John D Rockefeller III[?], businessman
• 1979 - Arthur Fiedler[?], orchestra conductor
• 1989 - Mel Blanc, voice actor

Holidays and observances

• Bahamas - Independence Day
• Mauretania - Armed Forces Day[?]
• Ancient Latvia - Septinu Bralu Diena observed

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