Page 8: 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  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  E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751 on this day in history.   

1983  Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke   

1985  Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor on this day in history.   

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

1985  Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered on July - 10.   

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

1987  On July - 10 john Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76   

1988  Errol John, playwright, dies at 63 on July - 10.   

1989  On July - 10 mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81   

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

1990  Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show on this day in history.   

1990  Hans Faverey, poet, dies on July - 10.   

1991  On July - 10 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  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 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 July - 10.   

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

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

2007  On this day in history a Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.   

2007  Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China executed on this day in history.   

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

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

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 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 July - 10 birth of philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien   

1592  On July - 10 birth of pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)   

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  On July - 10 anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies   

0649  Death of Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) on July - 10.   

0983  Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies on this day in history.   

1086  On July - 10 death of knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered   

1099  Death of El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) on this day in history.   

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 July - 10.