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, 477,936 hours 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
- 1553 –Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
- 1584 –William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
- 1806 –The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- 1882 –War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
- 1913 –Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
- 1925 –Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
- 1946 –Hungarian hyperinflation sets a record with inflation of 348.46 percent per day, or prices doubling every eleven hours.
- 1976 –One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
- 2000 –EADS, the world’s second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
- 2011 –Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sunk in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, leading to 122 deaths.
Who were born on July 10?
- 1682 –Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719)
- 1928 –Bernard Buffet, French painter (d. 1999)
- 1938 –Paul Andreu, French architect
- 1946 –Sue Lyon, American actress
- 1953 –Rik Emmett, Canadian musician (Triumph)
- 1966 –Gina Bellman, British actress
- 1969 –Alexandra Hedison, American actress
- 1977 –Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler
- 1980 –Jessica Simpson, American singer
- 1982 –Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
Who died on July 10?
- 138 –Hadrian, Roman Emperor (b. 76)
- 1584 –William I of Orange (b. 1533)
- 1794 –Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary (d. 1754)
- 1908 –Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)
- 1963 –Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
- 1980 –Joseph Krumgold, American writer (b. 1908)
- 2000 –Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (b. 1909)
- 2003 –Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician
- 2011 –Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano (b. 1921)
- 2011 –Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)
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