# What happened on July 10 in history?

**Date:** July 10  
**Events recorded:** 71  
**Years spanned:** 138 – 2019  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/july/10/

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## Featured Event

**2019** — The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle)

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## Events on this date

- **138** — Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_138))
- **420** — Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_420))
- **518** — Justin I is crowned Byzantine Emperor by the patriarch of Constantinople the day after the death of emperor Anastasius. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_I))
- **645** — Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isshi_incident))
- **988** — The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%BAniairn))
- **1212** — The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_fires_of_London))
- **1290** — Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary, is assassinated at the castle of Körösszeg (modern-day Cheresig in Romania). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_IV_of_Hungary))
- **1460** — Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neville%2C_16th_Earl_of_Warwick))
- **1499** — The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho))
- **1512** — The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Iberian_Navarre))
- **1519** — Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Chenhao))
- **1553** — Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey))
- **1584** — William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Silent))
- **1645** — English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War))
- **1668** — Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1671): Notable Buccaneer Henry Morgan with an English Privateer force lands at Porto Bello in an attempt to capture the fortified and lucrative Spanish city. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1654%E2%80%931660)))
- **1778** — American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution))
- **1789** — Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)))
- **1806** — The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Mutiny))
- **1832** — U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson))
- **1850** — U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore))
- **1877** — The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa))
- **1882** — War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific))
- **1883** — War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvian army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific))
- **1890** — Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming))
- **1920** — Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Meighen))
- **1921** — Belfast's Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1921)))
- **1924** — Paavo Nurmi wins the 1,500 m and 5,000 m events at the Paris Olympics, with just an hour between the two races. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paavo_Nurmi))
- **1925** — Scopes trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial))
- **1927** — Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, is assassinated by the IRA. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O'Higgins))
- **1938** — Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes))
- **1940** — World War II: The Vichy government is established in France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1940** — World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler))
- **1941** — Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedwabne_pogrom))
- **1942** — World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero))
- **1943** — World War II: Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily))
- **1947** — Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah))
- **1948** — The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).: 121 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Foundation_of_the_Republic))
- **1951** — Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1962** — Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_1))
- **1966** — The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Freedom_Movement))
- **1967** — New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand))
- **1973** — The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas))
- **1974** — An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes at Cairo International Airport, killing all six people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_EgyptAir_Tupolev_Tu-154_crash))
- **1976** — Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola))
- **1978** — President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moktar_Ould_Daddah))
- **1985** — The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace))
- **1985** — An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_5143))
- **1991** — The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_national_cricket_team))
- **1991** — Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin))
- **1991** — A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Express_Airlines_Flight_508))
- **1992** — In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami))
- **1995** — Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar))
- **1995** — The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIOSH_air_filtration_rating))
- **1997** — In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA))
- **1997** — Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Blanco))
- **1998** — Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claim they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases))
- **1999** — In women's association football, the United States defeats China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football))
- **2000** — EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus))
- **2000** — Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father Hafez al-Assad as President of Syria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad))
- **2002** — The Massacre of the Innocents, a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, is sold at a Sotheby's auction for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents_(Rubens)))
- **2006** — A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_International_Airlines_Flight_688))
- **2007** — Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erden_Eru%C3%A7))
- **2007** — The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lal_Masjid))
- **2008** — Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljube_Bo%C5%A1koski))
- **2011** — Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria_(1955_ship)))
- **2011** — Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal))
- **2012** — The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)))
- **2016** — Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team))
- **2017** — Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Iraq_(2013%E2%80%932017)))
- **2018** — Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue))
- **2019** — The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle))

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## Notable births on July 10

- **2024** — **Moo Deng** — Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moo_Deng))
- **2007** — **Mason Thames** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Thames))
- **2002** — **Reece Walsh** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reece_Walsh))
- **2001** — **Isabela Merced** — American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabela_Merced))
- **1999** — **April Ivy** — Portuguese composer and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Ivy))
- **1999** — **San** — South Korean singer and dancer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_(singer)))
- **1998** — **Angus Cloud** — American actor (died 2023) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Cloud))
- **1994** — **Chae Soo-bin** — South Korean actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chae_Soo-bin))
- **1992** — **Han Yu** — Chinese pool player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Yu_(pool_player)))
- **1991** — **Daishōmaru Shōgo** — Japanese sumo wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daish%C5%8Dmaru_Sh%C5%8Dgo))

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## Notable deaths on July 10

- **2025** — **David Gergen** — American political consultant (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gergen))
- **2024** — **Joe Engle** — American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Engle))
- **2024** — **Alex Janvier** — Native American Artist (born 1935) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Janvier))
- **2024** — **Dave Loggins** — American musician (born 1947) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Loggins))
- **2022** — **Maurice Boucher** — Canadian outlaw biker (born 1953) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Boucher))
- **2020** — **Lara van Ruijven** — Dutch short track speed skater (born 1992) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_van_Ruijven))
- **2020** — **Jack Charlton** — English footballer and manager (born 1935) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Charlton))
- **2019** — **Denise Nickerson** — American former child actress known for playing Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (born 1957) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson))
- **2018** — **Henry Morgenthau III** — American author and television producer (born 1917) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgenthau_III))
- **2016** — **Katharina Focke** — German politician (born 1922) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Focke))

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