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, 28,676,160 minutes 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.
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
- 48 BC –Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
- 138 –Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
- 1553 –Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
- 1789 –Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
- 1821 –The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 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.
- 1890 –Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- 1940 –World War II: the Vichy government is established in France.
- 1967 –Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1973 –The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Who were born on July 10?
- 1883 –Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
- 1897 –Karl Plagge, German officer (d. 1957)
- 1903 –Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (d. 1989)
- 1917 –Don Herbert, American television host (d. 2007)
- 1923 –Earl Hamner Jr., American author and television producer
- 1945 –Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist
- 1956 –Tom McClintock, American politician
- 1966 –Christian Stangl, Austrian mountaineer
- 1968 –Jonathan Gilbert, American actor
- 1971 –Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
Who died on July 10?
- 1099 –El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)
- 1103 –King Eric I of Denmark
- 1290 –King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
- 1683 –François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
- 1851 –Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (b. 1787)
- 1963 –Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
- 1972 –Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (b. 1887)
- 1993 –Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 2004 –Pati Behrs, Russian-born American actress, grandniece of Leo Tolstoy and first wife of American actor John Derek (b. 1922)
- 2005 –Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
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