Birthdates Which Occur on July 10:
1509 John Calvin Protestant religious reformer/theologian
1517 Odet de Coligny Cardinal of Chƒtillon/bishop
1526 Philip III van Cro˜ duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien
1638 David Teniers III Flemish painter (carpet cartons)
1697 Fran‡ois Hanot composer
1723 William Blackstone England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries)
1759 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz composer
1778 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm Austrian composer/royal chaplain master
1779 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini composer
1792 George Mifflin Dallas (D) 11th VP (1845-49)
1797 Pieter L Uys South African pioneer (Great Pull)
1818 John Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams Brig General (Confederate Army)
1820 Andrew Porter Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1821 Christopher Columbus Augur Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 Rudolf von Benningsen German lawyer/politician
1826 Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte composer
1830 Camille Pissaro Danish Antillean/French painter (impressionism)
1833 Lucius Eugene Polk Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1835 Henryk Wieniawski Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou)
1846 Elisabeth F”rster-Nietzsche German writer (Young Nietzsche)
1852 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter German foreign minister
1856 Nikola Tesla Yugoslavia, physicist, developed alternating current
1858 Karl Flodin composer
1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur Dutch philanthropist (Steurtjes)
1867 Finley Peter Dunne US, journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley)
and Max Prinz von Baden German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918)
1870 Maurice Lugeon Swiss geologist (nappism)
1871 Marcel Proust France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past)
1875 Mary McLeod Bethune SC, slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College)
1877 H‚lŠne Dutrieu com‚dienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian female pilot
1879 Harry Nicholls Holmes Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)
1882 Ima Hogg Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony
and Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli composer
1883 Johann Blaskowitz German general
and Sam Wood US, communist fighter/director (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
1886 John SSPV Gort viscount of Limerick/fieldmarshal of Palestine
1887 Alfred Ernest Whitehead composer
1888 Giorgio De Chirico Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer)
and Graham McNamee sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl)
and Toyohiko Kagawa Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer
1889 Robert [Harriot] Barrat NYC, actor (Go West, Distant Drums)
1890 Andre Souris composer
1892 George "Slim" Summerville US actor (Keystone Cops)
1894 Jimmy Francis McHugh composer
1895 Carl Orff Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969)
and John Gilbert [Pringle], Logan UT, actor (Heart o' the Hills)
and Maarten P Vrij Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court
and Nahum Goldmann Switz, pres Zionist World Organization
1897 Lloyd Goodrich American Arts Museum director
19-- Dennis Allen KC Mo, comedian (Leslie Uggams Show, Laugh-in)
and Michael Woods Detroit Mich, actor (Our Family Honor)
and Sheila Anderson NYC, actress (Cecily Pigeon-New Odd Couple)
1900 Evelyn Laye English singer/actress (Bitter Sweet, Merry Widow)
1902 Gnther Weisenborn [Eberhard F”rster], German/Argentine writer
and Kurt Alder German chemist (Nobel 1950)
and Nicolas Guillen Cuban poet (Motivos de son)
1903 John Wyndham P L B Harris US, sci-fi author (Day of the Triffids)
1904 Isa Krejci composer
1905 Thomas Gomez NYC, actor (Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout)
1911 Djuanda Kartawidjaja premier of Indonesia
1913 Ljuba Welitsch Borisovo, Bulgaria, soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci)
1914 Saul Bellow Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet)
1917 Don Herbert Waconia Minn, Mr Wizard
and Reg Smyth English cartoonist (Andy Capp)
1919 Rusty Gill St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time)
1920 David Brinkley Wilmington NC, NBC news anchor (Huntley-Brinkley)
and Owen Chamberlain codiscovered antiproton (Nobel 1959)
1921 Jake LaMotta Bronx, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bull)
and Jeff Donnell South Windham Maine, actor (Gidget Goes to Rome)
and Revaz Il'yich Lagidze composer
and [Leopold J] Paul Cammermans Flemish actor (Getatoe‰erde Rose)
1922 Herb McKenley Jamaica, 4 X 400m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
1923 Jean Kerr Scranton Pa, novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1925 Dorothea Hochletiner Austria, giant slalom (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1926 Carleton Carpenter Bennington Vt, actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock)
and Fred Gwynne NYC, actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters)
1927 David N Dinkins (1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93)
and Don Revie English soccer coach (Leeds, National team)
and William Smithers Richmond Va, actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!)
1930 Jacques Klein Brazilian pianist
1931 Alice Munro author (Dance of the Happy Shades)
and Del Insko harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader)
and Julian May US, sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat)
and Nick Adams Nanticoke Pa, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel)
1933 Chuan-Kwang Yang Taiwan, decathlete (Olympic-silver-1960)
and Jerry Herman Broadway composer (Hello Dolly)
1936 Barbara B Kennelly (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1982- )
and Jan Wincenty Hawel composer
1937 Sandy Stewart Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President)
1939 Lawrence Pressman Ky, actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle)
1940 Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers S African minister of energy (1989- )
and Mills Watson Oakland Calif, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear)
1941 Ian Whitcomb England, rocker (You Turn Me On)
and Robert Pine Scarsdale NY, actor (Joe Getraer-CHiPs)
1942 Pyotr I Klimuk cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30)
1943 Arthur Ashe tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbledon)
and Jerry Miller Tacoma Wa, rock guitarist (Moby Grape)
1945 Ron Glass Evansville IN, actor (Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place)
and [Sarah] Virginia Wade England, tennis star (Wimbledon 1977)
1946 Sue Lyon Davenport Iowa, actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana)
1947 Arlo Guthrie Bkln, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans)
and Jeff Hanna Detroit, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) [or 8/11]
1949 Dave Smally rocker (Raspberries)
and Mark Shera Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones)
and Ronnie James rocker (Dio-Holy Diver)
and Sunil Gavaskar Indies cricket player
and Wally Bryson NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Raspberries)
1950 Willie Ford US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
1953 Rik "The Rocket" Emmett Toronto, rock vocalist (Triumph)
1954 Andre Dawson Miami Fla, outfielder (Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP)
and Gene Holder rocker
and Neil Francis Tennant rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices)
1955 Pamela Theresa Jiles NO LA, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976)
1960 Rob de Weerd Dutch rock guitarist (Tr”ckener Kecks)
and Roger Craig NFL reciever (SF 49ers)
1964 Felipe Martinez jockey
1967 Virgil Breedveld soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1972 Damon Sharpe Cleveland Ohio, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
1980 Thomas Ian Nicholas
Deaths Which Occured July 10:
138 Publius A Hadrianus Roman emperor (117-138), dies
518 Anastasius I Dikoros [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies
983 Benedict VI Italian Pope (974-83), dies
1086 Knut IV the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1103 Erik I Ejegod the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1480 Ren‚ last heir of house of Anjou, dies
1535 Jacob Van Campen Reconstruction bishop, beheaded
1559 Henry II King of France (1547-59), dies
1573 Willem van Bronkhorst Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies
1584 Willem I "the Silent" [Willem of Orange], earl of Nassau, dies at 51
1594 Paulo Bellasio composer, dies at 40
1668 Adam-Nicolas Gascon composer, dies at 45
1686 Ercole Ferrata Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76
1690 Domenico Gabrielli composer, dies at 39
John van Brakel sea officer (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
1692 Bridget Bishop first Salem witch hanged
1762 Johann F Gronovius physician/botany, dies at 76
1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1839 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer, dies at 61
1851 Louis-Jacques-Mand‚ Daguerre French painter (daguerreotypie), dies
1863 Clement Clarke Moore ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83
Paul Jones Semmes US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 48
1868 Carlo Conti composer, dies at 71
1884 Paul Charles Morphy US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
1888 Rafael Hernando composer, dies at 66
1891 Pedro A de Alarc¢n Spanish editor-in-chief (El L tigo), dies at 58
1902 Albert FA king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74
1908 Eliza Laurillard vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78
1910 Johann G Galle German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
1915 Hendrik W Mesdag painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies
1920 Eug‚nie M de Mont˜o y de Guzman Emperor of France, dies at 94
John A "Jacky" Kilverston adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
1924 Johannes B van Heutsz gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
1927 Kevin O'Higgins Irish Free State VP, assassinated
1937 Attilio Brugnoli composer, dies at 56
Johan[nes] B Schepers Fries writer (Braga), dies at 71
1940 Donald Francis Tovey composer, dies at 64
1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA
1943 Arthur Finlay Nevin composer, dies at 72
1945 Robert Goddard Rocket pioneer, dies
1952 Rued Immanuel Langgard composer, dies at 58
1953 Sidney Homer composer, dies at 88
1955 Henry W Methorst Dutch director Central Bureau of Statistic, dies
1957 Sholem Asch Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies
1963 John Sutton dies of heart attack at 54
1965 Jacques Audiberti French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
1967 Albertine Sarrazin French author (La TraversiŠre), dies at 29
1971 Harry M O'Connor dies of pneumonia at 98
Mohamed Madbouh Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death
1975 Achiel H van Acker Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
1977 Norman Paris orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
1978 Michel Gusikoff composer, dies at 85
1979 Arthur Fiedler orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
Maria Jeritza [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
1983 Werner Egk composer, dies at 82
1985 Fernando Pereira military activist, murdered
1987 John Hammond Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76
1988 Errol John playwright, dies at 63
1989 Mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81
Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder English radio comic/actor, dies at 80
1990 Hans Faverey poet, dies
Irene Champlin dies after long illness at 59
1991 Gerome Ragal author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer
1993 Masugi Ibuse Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95
Will Rogers Jr (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), suicide at 81
1994 Otto Bonsema soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84
Holidays Which Occur July 10:
Albania Army Day
Bahamas Independence Day (1973)
Wyoming Statehood Day (1890)
Religious Observances on July 10:
Buddhist-Burma Beginning of Buddhist Fast
Christian SS Rufina & Secunda, virgins & 7 Brothers
RC-Bilbao, Spain Feast of Virgin of Bego¤a
RC Alexander, martyr
RC Amalburga
RC Canutus [Knud IV), king van/of Denmark
RC Rufina & Secunda, Roman martyrsen
RC Silvanus, martyr to Rome
Things to Remember for July 10:
Baked Beans-Hot Dog-Ice Cream-Hitch Hiking Month
Flowers-water lily & larkspur Gem-ruby
Park & Recreation Month-National Picnic Month
11 Days Astrological sign: Cancer
36 Days Dog Days
10 Days Alpha Lyrid telescopic meteor shower, radiant near Vega (à Lyrae)
6 Days Capricornid meteor shower, radiant in Capricorn
Highlights in History Which Occur July 10:
552 Origin of Armenian calendar
1520 King Charles V & King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais
1553 Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England
1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish
1584 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium
1598 Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande
1609 Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League
1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle
1629 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in US founded (Salem, MA)
1645 Battle at Langport Somerset: Cromwell's New Model-army beats Royalists
1652 England declares war on Netherlands
1690 Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
and Neth-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen)
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees in disguise to Isle of Skye
1762 Roubiliacs monument for H„ndel unveiled at Westminster Abbey
1775 Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army
1810 Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France
1832 Pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US
1847 Urbain J J Leverrier & John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune
meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel
1850 VP Fillmore becomes pres following Zachary Taylor's death
1861 Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops
will not enter that state
1862 US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad
1863 Battle of Charleston, SC (Morris Island) [->SEP 06]
Battle of Jackson, MS - captured by federals [->JUL 16] US1000 CS1339
1866 Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Mass
1873 French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol
1875 L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia
1886 George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company
Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white
and calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)
1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
1892 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)
1893 Daniel Hale Williams performs world's 1st successful heart surgery
1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchands expedition reaches Fashoda at White Hippo
1905 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court
1908 H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269øC)
1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0
1911 105øF (41øC) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6)
1913 134øF (57øC), Greenland Ranch, Calif (US record)
and Romania declares war on Bulgaria
1914 Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa
1917 Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft
1918 Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic forms
1919 Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman suffrage
and Pres Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate
1923 2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle (Rostov, Russia)
and All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy
1924 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
and Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam
1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial
and USSR's official news agency TASS forms
1926 Lake Denmark, NJ arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
and Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins US Open golf tournament
1928 H E Wood discovers asteroid #3300
1929 In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning
and US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency
18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job
and Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd & continues to
1933 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY
1934 1st sitting US president to visit South America, FDR in Colombia
and AL beats NL 9-7 in 2nd All Star Game (Polo Grounds NY)
Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig & Foxx in All star game
1936 109øF (43øC) Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record)
and 110øF (43øC) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record
and 111øF (44øC) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record)
and 112øF (44øC) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record
and New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles
and Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
1937 Dutch Django Reinhardts "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club"
1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours
1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air
and German planes attack British ships in the Canal
1942 Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbrck Camp
and Netherland's govt in exile (London) recognizes Soviet Union
1943 6th day of battle at Kursk
and US & Britain invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky)
1944 U-821 sinks
1945 Lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
1946 Belgian govt of Acker, resigns
1947 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China
and Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Phila A's, 3-0
1948 Lydda Airfield captured by Israeli army
1949 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh
and WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
1951 Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong
and E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda
and NL beats AL 8-3 in 18th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit)
1953 Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist]
1956 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
and NL beats AL 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington)
and US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed)
and Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia
1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo
1962 Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia
and NL beats AL 3-1 in 32nd All Star Game (DC Stadium, Wash)
and Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
and US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1964 Mo‹se Tsjombe becomes premier of Congo
1965 Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
and Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
1966 Orbiter 1 launched to Moon
1969 Chilean Association of Librarians created
and NL votes to split into 2 divisions
1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed
and Lee Trevino wins British Open golf tournament
1972 Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern)
and Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India
1973 Bahamas declares Independence from UK & adopts constitution
1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1976 Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud)
and Johnny Miller wins golf's British Open
1978 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania
and E F Helinand & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484
and Military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees
1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen
and Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5øC temp
1981 CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV)
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze
and Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000
1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751
1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke
and French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand
1989 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
1990 AL beats NL 2-0 in 61st All Star Game (Wrigley Field Calif)
and Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show
1991 L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13
1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners
and Spaceship Giotto (Halley 1986) approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup
and SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival
and US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
1993 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi pres/Sylvie Kinigi, PM
and Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
1994 Fred Norris (from the Howard Stern Show) marries Allison Furman
and Nepal premier Girija Prasadkoirala resigns
and Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36)
1886 Eruption of the Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white
calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces. (North Island, New Zealand)
1923 2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle. (Rostov, Russia)
1926 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, causing $75 million
damage, killing 21.
1947 200 people killed when train derailed and fell into a river
in Canton, China.
Your Special Reminders for July 10:
1890 55øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 191st day of year with 174 days left (Numerology = 8)
and 1936 102øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1993 102øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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