What are the important events that happened on July 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 10 is the 192nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 174 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 27, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,720,569,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontadigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 203 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,219 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 10 Historical Events
- 1460 –Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats the king’s Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
- 1584 –William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
- 1850 –Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term.
- 1913 –Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
- 1921 –Belfast’s Bloody Sunday: 16 people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1925 –Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
- 1967 –Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1976 –The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.
- 1980 –Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
- 1992 –In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
Who were born on July 10?
- 1711 –Princess Amelia of Great Britain (d. 1783)
- 1830 –Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
- 1856 –Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (d. 1943)
- 1888 –Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
- 1927 –David Norman Dinkins, New York City Mayor, 1990-1993
- 1941 –David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist
- 1947 –Arlo Guthrie, American musician
- 1964 –Urban Meyer, American football coach
- 1982 –Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
- 1985 –Park Chu-Young, South Korean footballer
Who died on July 10?
- 1290 –King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
- 1884 –Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
- 1956 –Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1978 –Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901)
- 1980 –Joseph Krumgold, American writer (b. 1908)
- 1993 –Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 2000 –Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955)
- 2006 –Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965)
- 2008 –Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938)
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