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What happened in history on this day: July 10?
On July 10 in ...
- 1775 - Horatio Gates issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army.
- 1821 - The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 1832 - President Andrew Jackson vetoes an extension of the charter of the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1866 - Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1892 - First concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio).
- 1913 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States is at Death Valley, California: 134 degrees F (56.7 C).
- 1917 - First US Army Post Office opens.
- 1917 - Emma Goldman is imprisoned for obstructing the war draft in the US.
- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate.
- 1925 - In Dayton, Tennessee, the "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
- 1926 - Lake Denmark, New Jersey, arsenal explodes, kills 21, US$75 million damage.
- 1929 - Distribution of reduced size paper money begins in the USA.
- 1931 - In Malinta, Ohio, USA an overhead cometary fragment explosion occurs, producing a crater, a smell of sulfur, windows broken in a farmhouse, and four telephone poles snapped.
- 1934 - First sitting US president to visit South America, Franklin Roosevelt in Colombia.
- 1936 - 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record hot).
- 1936 - 111 degrees F (44 degrees C), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record hot).
- 1941 - In Black Moshannon Park, Pennsylvania, USA, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage.
- 1943 - (0245 hours) Operation Husky begins, with an Allied invasion of Sicily. Four British divisions of the British 8th Army under General Sir Bernard Montgomery land on a 40-mile stretch on the southeast corner around Syracuse and Cape Passero. Four American divisions of the United States 7th Army under Lieutenant-General George Patton land on a 40-mile front to the west, around Scaglitti, Gela, and Licata.
- 1949 - First practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, Ohio. Size is 12 by 16 inches, price is US$12.
- 1958 - The highest tsunami wave ever recorded is at Lituya Bay, Alaska, at 524m high.
- 1962 - The Telstar communications satellite is successfully launched into Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, providing communication via telephone and TV, with voice and picture transmission from Europe to America and back.
- 1966 - Orbiter 1 launched to Moon.
- 1972 - Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida (George McGovern wins).
- 1981 - Buena Vista releases the animated feature film The Fox and the Hound to theaters in the US. This is the first major animated film effort of the "new generation" of Disney artists.
- 1992 - In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
- 1998 - The DNA-identified remains of United States Air Force 1st Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie arrive home to his family in St. Louis, Missouri, after being in the Tomb of the Unknowns since 1984.
- 2001 - Sony CEA releases the Gran Turismo 3: A-spec game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA. Over one million copies are shipped in the first week.
- 2005 - Hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm, killing ten people after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.
- 2006 - Scuba divers begin recovering coins from the wreck of the SS New York sidewheel steamer, which sank off the Louisiana coast in 1846. Wholesale estimated value of the US gold coins alone is $1.5 million.
- 2006 - Henry M. Paulson Junior is sworn into office as Treasury Secretary.
- 2007 - A Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.
- 2009 - General Motors emerges from bankruptcy protection after 40 days, with 60 percent ownership in the hands of the U.S. government.
Births on July 10
- 1875 - Birth of Mary McLeod in Bethune, South Carolina, USA; slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College).
- 1879 - Birth of Dr Harry Nicholls in Holmes, Pennsylvania, USA; crystallized vitamin A.
- 1882 - Birth of Ima Hogg in Texas, USA; art patron/founder of the Houston Symphony.
- 1919 - Birth of Rusty Gill in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer ("Polka Time").
- 1920 - Birth of David Brinkley in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA; TV journalist (NBC Nightly News 1956-70, This Week with David Brinkley).
- 1921 - Birth of Jake LaMotta in the Bronx, New York, USA; middleweight boxing champion (1949-51) (Raging Bull).
- 1921 - Birth of Jeff (Jean Marie) Donnell in South Windham, Maine, USA; actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Alice - The George Gobel Show, Dr. Kildare and Matt Helm, General Hospital).
- 1926 - Birth of Carleton Carpenter in Bennington, Vermont, USA; actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock).
- 1926 - Birth of Fred Gwynne in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Car 54 Where Are You?, The Munsters).
- 1927 - Birth of William Smithers in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!).
- 1931 - Birth of Nick Adams in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Johnny Yuma - The Rebel TV show, Saints and Sinners) (dies 1968).
- 1937 - Birth of Sandy Stewart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Sing Along With Mitch", "Mr President").
- 1938 - Birth of Mel Wacks in the Bronx, New York, USA; Judaean coin expert, author of The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics.
- 1939 - Birth of Lawrence Pressman in Kentucky, USA; actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle, Doogie Howser, Judging Amy).
- 1940 - Birth of Mills Watson in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Harper Valley PTA, B.J. and Bear, Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo).
- 1941 - Birth of Robert Pine in Scarsdale, New York, USA; actor (Joe Getraer - CHiPs).
- 1946 - Birth of Sue Lyon in Davenport, Iowa, USA; actress (Lolita, Evel Knievel, Mantrap).
- 1949 - Birth of Mark Shera in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones).
- 1954 - Birth of Andre Dawson in Miami, Florida, USA; outfielder (Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, 1987 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1972 - Birth of Damon Sharpe in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor/musician (Guys Next Door).
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").
- 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).
- 1989 - Death of Mel Blanc at age 81; cartoon voice (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig).
- 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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