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What happened in history on this day: July 10?
On July 10 in ...
- 1965 - The Beatles' "Beatles VI" album goes #1 and stays #1 for six weeks.
- 1965 - Rolling Stones score their first number 1 song: "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".
- 1993 - US music video channel MTV debuts in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Births on July 10
- 1835 - Birth of Henryk Wieniawski in Lubin, Poland; violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou).
- 1913 - Birth of Ljuba Welitsch in Borisovo, Bulgaria; soprano (Nedda - Pagliacci).
- 1919 - Birth of Rusty Gill in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer ("Polka Time").
- 1937 - Birth of Sandy Stewart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Sing Along With Mitch", "Mr President").
- 1941 - Birth of Ian Whitcomb in England; rocker ("You Turn Me On").
- 1943 - Birth of Jerry Miller; guitarist (Moby Grape).
- 1947 - Birth of Arlo Guthrie; folk singer ("Alice's Restaurant", "City of New Orleans").
- 1949 - Birth of Ronnie James; rocker (Dio - "Holy Diver").
- 1954 - Birth of Neil Francis Tennant; rocker (Pet Shop Boys - "Left to My Own Devices").
- 1960 - Birth of Shaw Wilson; drummer (BR549).
- 1965 - Birth of Peter DiStefano; guitarist (Porno for Pyros).
- 1970 - Birth of Gary LeVox; country singer (Rascal Flatts).
- 1972 - Birth of Damon Sharpe in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor/musician (Guys Next Door).
- 1983 - Birth of Kim Heechul; Korean singer (Super Junior).
Deaths on July 10
- 1941 - Death of Ferdinand La Menthe AKA Jelly Roll Morton at age 50 in Los Angeles, California, USA; pianist-composer (Red Hot Peppers Band, "Jelly Roll Blues", "Wolverine Blues", "King Porter Stomp").
- 1977 - Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at age 41.
- 1979 - Death of Arthur Fiedler at age 84; viola player, longtime leader of the Boston Pops (1930-1979).
- 1987 - Death of John Hammond at age 76 in New York, USA; talent scout, record producer (Columbia Records, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen).
- 1991 - Death of Gerome Ragni at age 48 of cancer in New York, USA; co-wrote and starred in rock musical Hair.
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