Historical Events In July - 10

1980  On this day in history ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen   

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

1981  On this day in history cERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV)   

1982  On this day in history 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  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  Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 on July - 10.   

1985  Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke on July - 10.   

1985  On this day in history explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor   

1985  French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand on July - 10.   

1985  On July - 10 fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered   

1986  Israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history john Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76   

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  Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show on July - 10.   

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

1993  Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 on July - 10.   

1994  On this day in history earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66   

1995  Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1996  Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 on July - 10.   

2005  On July - 10 hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.   

2005  Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept on this day in history.   

2007  2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco (AL 5, NL 4) on July - 10.   

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

2013  On July - 10 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  On July - 10 birth of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)   

1452  On July - 10 birth of king James III of Scotland (d. 1488)   

1509  John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian was born on July - 10.   

1517  Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop was born on July - 10.   

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 July - 10.   

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 July - 10.   

0518  Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies on this day in history.   

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

0983  On July - 10 benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies   

1086  On this day in history death of knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered   

1099  On July - 10 death of el Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)   

1103  On July - 10 erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies   

1290  Death of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) on this day in history.