Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Today is the 191st day of 2025. There are 174 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1832
President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
1850
Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency, following the death of President Taylor.
1890
Wyoming became the 44th state.
1913
The highest recorded temperature in Earth's history was observed in Death Valley, California, at 134 degrees fahrenheit.
1919
President Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification.
1921
Belfast's Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1925
The official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, was established.
1925
The Scopes Monkey Trial began in Tennessee, as teacher John T. Scopes was tried and later found guilty of violating a law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in schools.
1938
Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
1940
During World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses.
1943
U.S., Canadian and British forces invaded the Mediterranean island of Sicily - largely unopposed during World War II.
1951
Armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean conflict began at Kaesong.
1962
The Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
1962
A patent was issued for the three-point, lap-and-shoulder seat belt in vehicles.
1972
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw is involved in secret talks with the provisional IRA in London.
1973
The Bahamas became independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.
1985
Bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.
1991
Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
1991
President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its ''profound transformation'' toward racial equality.
1992
A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, convicted of drug and racketeering charges, to 40 years in prison.
1995
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from almost six years of house arrest in Yangon, Myanmar.
1997
Scientists in London said DNA from a Neanderthal skeleton supported a theory that all humanity descended from an ''African Eve'' 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
1998
The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
1999
The U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup, beating China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
2000
Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father Hafez al-Assad as President of Syria.
2006
A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.
2010
The largest manhunt in U.K. recent history ends when gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself in a 6-hour standoff with police.
2011
Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
2012
France O'Grady is appointed the first female General Secretary by Britain's Trade Union Congress.
2013
Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears for the first time in court since his arrest April 19; he pleads not guilty to 30 charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction.
2014
Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated.
2017
Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
2018
All 12 boys from a soccer team in Thailand, as well as their coach, were rescued after being trapped in a cave for 18 days.
2019
The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico. The last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
Notable Births
1920
David Brinkley, born in Wilmington, North Carolina.
American journalist and news anchor of the NBC News Huntley-Brinkley Report.
1921
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics.
1922
Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor.
1930
Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health.
1937
Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter, Musician. Born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, he began his career signing a recording contact with Sun Records in 1958.
1942
Ronnie James Dio, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and producer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.
1943
Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist.
1947
Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor.
1954
Andre Dawson, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP.
1964
Urban Meyer, American football player and coach.
1972
Sofia Vergara, Colombian-American actress, model and producer.
Notable Deaths
1941
Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
1978
John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society.
1979
Conductor Arthur Fiedler, who had led the Boston Pops orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.
1989
Mel Blanc, the ''man of a thousand voices,'' including cartoon characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.
2024
Dave Loggins, Singer Known for ’70s Smash ‘Please Come to Boston,’ and Composer of Golf’s Masters Theme, Dies at 76. (b. 1947)