Page 8: Historical Events In July - 10

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

1980  On July - 10 willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp   

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  Miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze on this day in history.   

1982  Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1983  E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751 on July - 10.   

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

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

1989  Mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81 on July - 10.   

1989  On July - 10 mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81   

1990  Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show on July - 10.   

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

1991  On this day in history gerome Ragal author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer   

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

1993  On July - 10 masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95   

1994  Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1995  On July - 10 hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74   

1996  Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 July - 10.   

2007  On this day in history 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco (AL 5, NL 4)   

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 this day in history.   

2013  40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China on July - 10.   

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  King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) was born on this day in history.   

1509  On July - 10 birth of john Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian   

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

1526  On this day in history 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  Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1625  On July - 10 birth of jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)   

0138  On July - 10 publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies   

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 July - 10.   

0983  Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies on July - 10.   

1086  Death of Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered on July - 10.   

1099  On this day in history 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  On July - 10 death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)