Page 8: Historical Events In July - 10

1980  Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen on July - 10.   

1980  On July - 10 willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp   

1981  CERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV) on this day in history.   

1982  In Vancouver, BC, three $2 ticket bettors win $579,129 apiece at the races in Exhibition Park. (they call it the sport of kings?) on July - 10.   

1982  Miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze on this day in history.   

1982  Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79 on July - 10.   

1983  On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751   

1983  On this day in history werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82   

1985  On this day in history coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke   

1985  Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor on July - 10.   

1985  On July - 10 french agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand   

1985  Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered on July - 10.   

1986  On this day in history israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps   

1987  On this day in history john Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76   

1988  Errol John, playwright, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1989  Mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81 on July - 10.   

1989  Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81 on July - 10.   

1990  Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show on July - 10.   

1990  Hans Faverey, poet, dies on July - 10.   

1991  Gerome Ragal author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer on this day in history.   

1991  Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 on this day in history.   

1993  Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 on July - 10.   

1994  Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 on July - 10.   

1995  Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 on July - 10.   

1996  Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 on July - 10.   

2005  On this day in history hurricane Dennis strikes near Navarre Beach, Florida as a Category 3 storm killing 10 people, after killing over 50 people in the Caribbean.   

2005  Luxembourgish referendum on the European Constitution votes to accept on this day in history.   

2007  On July - 10 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco (AL 5, NL 4)   

2007  On this day in history a Cessna 310R twin-engine airplane crashes into two homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three adults and two children.   

2007  On this day in history zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China executed.   

2011  On July - 10 british tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.   

2012  The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages on this day in history.   

2013  On July - 10 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China   

2014  On July - 10 yair Lapid warns of Israeli Defense Force ground operation if Gazan rocket fire do not stop   

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1419  On July - 10 birth of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)   

1452  On this day in history birth of king James III of Scotland (d. 1488)   

1509  John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian was born on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history birth of odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop   

1526  On July - 10 birth of philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien   

1592  Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) was born on July - 10.   

1614  On July - 10 birth of arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)   

1625  Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703) was born on July - 10.   

0138  On July - 10 publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies   

0518  On July - 10 anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies   

0649  Death of Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) on this day in history.   

0983  Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies on this day in history.   

1086  Death of Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered on July - 10.   

1099  On July - 10 death of el Cid, of Castile (b. 1044)   

1103  Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1290  On this day in history death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)