This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
07/10/1509 John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian 
07/10/1517 Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chƒtillon/bishop 
07/10/1526 Philip III van Cro˜, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien 
07/10/1638 David Teniers III, Flemish painter (tap˜tkartons) 
07/10/1697 Francois Hanot, composer 
07/10/1723 William Blackstone, England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries) 
07/10/1759 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer 
07/10/1778 Sigismund Neukomm, composer 
07/10/1779 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer 
07/10/1792 George Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49) 
07/10/1818 John Stuart 'Cerro Gordo' Williams, Brig General (Confederate Army) 
07/10/1820 Andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 
07/10/1821 Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General (Union volunteers) 
07/10/1824 Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician 
07/10/1826 Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer 
07/10/1830 Camille Pissaro, French-Antillian painter (impressionism) 
07/10/1833 Lucius Eugene Polk, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 
07/10/1835 Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou)

07/10/1843 James A McNeill Whisller, US/British painter/graphic artist 
07/10/1846 Elisabeth F”rster-Nietzsche, German writer (Der junge Nietzsche) 
07/10/1852 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister 
07/10/1856 Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavia, physicist, developed alternating current 
07/10/1858 Karl Flodin, composer 
07/10/1865 John 'Pa' van de Steur, philanthropist (Steurtjes) 
07/10/1867 Finley Peter Dunne, US, journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley) 
07/10/1867 Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918) 
07/10/1870 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist: nappisme 
07/10/1871 Marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past) 
07/10/1875 Mary McLeod Bethune, SC, slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College) 
07/10/1877 H‚lŠne Dutrieu, com‚dienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot 
07/10/1879 Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A) 
07/10/1882 Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony 
07/10/1882 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer 
07/10/1883 Johann Blaskowitz, German general 
07/10/1883 Sam Wood, US, communist fighter/director (For Whom the Bell Tolls) 
07/10/1886 John SSPV Barley, viscount of Limerick/director of Palestine 
07/10/1887 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer 
07/10/1888 Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer) 
07/10/1888 Graham McNamee, sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl) 
07/10/1888 Toyohiko Kagawa, Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer 
07/10/1890 Andre Souris, composer 
07/10/1892 George 'Smart' Summerville, US actor (Keystone Cops) 
07/10/1894 Jimmy Francis McHugh, composer 
07/10/1895 Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer (Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969) 
07/10/1895 John Gilbert, [Pringle], US actor (Heart o' the Hills) 
07/10/1895 Maarten P Free, lawyer/criminologist/member High Council 
07/10/1895 Nahum Goldmann, Switz, pres Zionist World Organization 
07/10/1897 Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director 
07/10/1898 Herbert Marcuse, German/US sociologist (Eros & Civilization) 
07/10/1902 Gnther Weisenborn, [Eberhard F”rster], German/Argentine writer 
07/10/1902 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950) 
07/10/1902 Nicolas Guillen, Cuban poet (Motivos de son) 
07/10/1903 John Wyndham P L B Harris, US, sci-fi author (Day of the Triffids) 
07/10/1904 Isa Krejci, composer 
07/10/1911 Djuanda Kartawidjaja, premier of Indonesia 
07/10/1913 Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci) 
07/10/1915 Saul Bellow, Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet) 
07/10/1917 Don Herbert, Waconia Minn, Mr Wizard 
07/10/1919 Rusty Gill, St Louis Mo, singer (Polka Time) 
07/10/1920 David Brinkley, Wilmington NC, NBC News anchor (Huntley-Brinkley) 
07/10/1920 Owen Chamberlain, codiscovered antiproton (Nobel 1959) 
07/10/1921 Jake LaMotta, Bronx, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bul

07/10/1921 Jeff Donnell, South Windham Maine, actor (Gidget Goes to Rome) 
07/10/1921 Revaz Il'yich Lagidze, composer 
07/10/1921 [Leopold J] Paul Cammermans, Flemish actor (Getatoe‰erde Rose) 
07/10/1922 Herb McKenley, Jamacia, 4 X 400m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952) 
07/10/1923 Jean Kerr, US author (Please Don't Eat the Daisies) 
07/10/1925 Dorothea Hochletiner, Austria, giant slalom (Olympic-bronze-1956) 
07/10/1926 Carleton Carpenter, Bennington Vt, actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock

07/10/1926 Fred Gwynne, NYC, actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters) 
07/10/1927 David N Dinkins, (1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93) 
07/10/1927 William Smithers, Richmond Va, actor (Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!

07/10/1930 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist 
07/10/1931 Alice Munro, author (Dance of the Happy Shades) 
07/10/1931 Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader) 
07/10/1931 Julian May, US, sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat) 
07/10/1931 Nick Adams, Nanticoke Pa, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel) 
07/10/1933 Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwan, decathlete (Olympic-silver-1960) 
07/10/1933 Jerry Herman, Broadway composer (Hello Dolly) 
07/10/1936 Barbara B Kennelly, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1982-  ) 
07/10/1936 Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer 
07/10/1937 Sandy Stewart, Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President

07/10/1939 Lawrence Pressman, Ky, actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle

07/10/1940 Dawid J 'Dawie' de Villiers, S African minister of energy (1989-  ) 
07/10/1940 Mills Watson, Oakland Calif, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear) 
07/10/1941 Ian Whitcomb, England, rocker (You Turn Me On) 
07/10/1941 Robert Pine, Scarsdale NY, actor (Joe Getraer-CHiPs) 
07/10/1942 Pyotr I Klimuk, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30) 
07/10/1943 Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbeldon) 
07/10/1945 Ron Glass, actor (Sgt Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place) 
07/10/1945 [Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1977) 
07/10/1946 Sue Lyon, Davenport Iowa, actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana) 
07/10/1947 Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans) 
07/10/1947 Jeff Hanna, Detroit Mich, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 
07/10/1949 Mark Shera, Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones) 
07/10/1949 Ronnie James, rocker (Dio-Holy Diver) 
07/10/1950 Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones) 
07/10/1954 Andre Dawson, Miami Fla, outfielder (Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP) 
07/10/1954 Neil Francis Tennant, rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices) 
07/10/1955 Pamela Theresa Jiles, NO LA, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) 
07/10/1960 Rob de Weerd, guitarist (Tr”ckener Kecks) 
07/10/1960 Roger Craig, NFL reciever (SF 49ers) 
07/10/1964 Felipe Martinez, jockey 
07/10/1972 Damon Sharpe, Cleveland Ohio, actor/musician (Guys Next Door) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/10/ 138 Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies 
07/10/ 518 Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies

07/10/ 983 Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies 
07/10/1103 Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies 
07/10/1480 Ren‚, last heir of house of Anjou, dies 
07/10/1535 Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded 
07/10/1559 Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies 
07/10/1573 Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies 
07/10/1584 Willem I 'the Silent', [Willem of Orange], earl of Nassau, dies at 5

07/10/1594 Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40 
07/10/1668 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45 
07/10/1686 Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76 
07/10/1690 Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39 
07/10/1690 John van Brakel, sea officer (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 
07/10/1692 Bridget Bishop, first Salem witch hanged 
07/10/1762 Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76 
07/10/1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43

07/10/1839 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 
07/10/1851 Louis-Jacques-Mand‚ Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotypie), dies 
07/10/1863 Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 
07/10/1863 Paul Jones Semmes, US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 

07/10/1868 Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 
07/10/1884 Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 
07/10/1888 Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66 
07/10/1891 Pedro A de Alarc¢n, Spanish editor-in-chief (El L tigo), dies at 58 
07/10/1902 Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74 
07/10/1908 Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78 
07/10/1910 Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies 
07/10/1915 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies 
07/10/1920 Eug‚nie M de Mont˜o y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 
07/10/1920 John A 'Jacky' Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79 
07/10/1924 Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73

07/10/1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated 
07/10/1937 Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56 
07/10/1937 Johan[nes] B Schepers, Fries writer (Braga), dies at 71 
07/10/1940 Donald Francis Tovey, composer, dies at 64 
07/10/1941 Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in L

07/10/1943 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72 
07/10/1945 Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies 
07/10/1952 Rued Immanuel Langgard, composer, dies at 58 
07/10/1953 Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88 
07/10/1955 Henry W Methorst, Dutch director Central Bureau of Statistic, dies 
07/10/1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies 
07/10/1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66 
07/10/1967 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La TraversiŠre), dies at 29 
07/10/1971 Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death 
07/10/1975 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77 
07/10/1977 Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 
07/10/1978 Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85 
07/10/1979 Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 
07/10/1982 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), die

07/10/1983 Werner Egk, composer, dies at 82 
07/10/1985 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered 
07/10/1987 John Hammond, reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76 
07/10/1989 Mel Blanc, voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81 
07/10/1990 Hans Faverey, poet, dies 
07/10/1991 Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies at 48 of cancer 
07/10/1993 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 
07/10/1993 Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), dies at 81 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/10/ 552 Origin of Armenian calendar 
07/10/1520 King Charles V & King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais 
07/10/1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish 
07/10/1584 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium 
07/10/1598 Spanish theater plays 'Moros y Los Cristianos' in Rio Grande 
07/10/1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle 
07/10/1629 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in US founded (Salem, MA) 
07/10/1690 Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet 
07/10/1690 Neth-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) 
07/10/1775 Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army 
07/10/1810 Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France 
07/10/1832 Pres Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US 
07/10/1850 VP Fillmore becomes pres following Zachary Taylor's death 
07/10/1862 US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad 
07/10/1863 Battle of Charleston, SC (Morris Island) [->SEP 06] 
07/10/1863 Battle of Jackson, MS - captured by federals [->JUL 16] US1000 CS133

07/10/1866 Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Mass 
07/10/1873 French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol 
07/10/1875 L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia 
07/10/1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage) 
07/10/1892 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio) 
07/10/1893 Daniel Hale Williams performs world's 1st successful heart surgery 
07/10/1905 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court 
07/10/1908 H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269ø C) 
07/10/1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0 
07/10/1911 105øF (41øC) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record) 
07/10/1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6) 
07/10/1913 134øF (57øC), Greenland Ranch, Calif (US record) 
07/10/1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria 
07/10/1914 Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles 
07/10/1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 
07/10/1917 Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft 
07/10/1918 Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic established 
07/10/1919 Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman sufferage 
07/10/1919 Pres Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate 
07/10/1923 2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle. (Rostov, Russia) 
07/10/1923 All non-fascist parties disolved in Italy 
07/10/1924 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim 
07/10/1924 Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam 
07/10/1924 Strike of Werkspoor in Amsterdam ends 
07/10/1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 
07/10/1925 USSR's official news agency TASS established 
07/10/1926 Lake Denmark, NJ arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage 
07/10/1926 Robert T 'Bobby' Jones wins US Open golf tournament 
07/10/1928 H E Wood discovers asteroid #3300 
07/10/1929 In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning 
07/10/1929 US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency 
07/10/1933 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY 
07/10/1934 1st sitting US president to visit South America, FDR in Colombia 
07/10/1934 AL beats NL 9-7 in 2nd All Star Game (Polo Grounds NY) 
07/10/1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig & Foxx in All star game 
07/10/1936 109øF (43øC) Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record) 
07/10/1936 110øF (43øC) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record 
07/10/1936 111øF (44øC) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record) 
07/10/1936 112øF (44øC) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record 
07/10/1936 New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles 
07/10/1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game 
07/10/1937 Dutch Django Reinhardts 'Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club' 
07/10/1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours 
07/10/1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air 
07/10/1940 German planes attack British ships in the Canal 
07/10/1942 Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbrck Camp

07/10/1942 Netherland's govt in exile (London) recognizes Soviet Union 
07/10/1943 6th day of battle at Kursk 
07/10/1943 US & Britain invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky) 
07/10/1945 Lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff 
07/10/1946 Belgian cabinet-Acker, resigns 
07/10/1947 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China 
07/10/1947 Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Phila A's, 3-0 
07/10/1949 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh 
07/10/1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting 
07/10/1950 'Your Hit Parade' premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV 
07/10/1951 Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong 
07/10/1951 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda 
07/10/1951 NL beats AL 8-3 in 18th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit) 
07/10/1953 Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist] 
07/10/1956 650,000 US steel workers go on strike 
07/10/1956 NL beats AL 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington) 
07/10/1958 1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed) 
07/10/1958 Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia 
07/10/1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo 
07/10/1962 Martin Luther King Jr arrested during demonstration in Georgia 
07/10/1962 NL beats AL 3-1 in 32nd All Star Game (DC Stadium, Wash) 
07/10/1962 Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 
07/10/1964 Mo‹se Tsjombe becomes premier of Congo 
07/10/1965 Beatles' 'Beatles' 'VI,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks 
07/10/1965 Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' 
07/10/1966 Orbiter 1 launched to Moon 
07/10/1969 Chilean Association of Librarians created 
07/10/1969 NL votes to split into 2 divisions 
07/10/1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed 
07/10/1971 Lee Trevino wins British Open golf tournament 
07/10/1972 Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern) 
07/10/1972 Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 
07/10/1973 Bahamas declares Independence from UK & adopts constitution 
07/10/1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands 
07/10/1976 Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud) 
07/10/1978 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania 
07/10/1978 E F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484 
07/10/1978 Military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees 
07/10/1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I Queen 
07/10/1980 Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp 
07/10/1981 CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV) 
07/10/1982 Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze 
07/10/1982 Samuel Morses 'Gallery of the Louvre' sells for $3250000 
07/10/1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751 
07/10/1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke 
07/10/1985 French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand 
07/10/1989 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61) 
07/10/1990 AL beats NL 2-0 in 61st All Star Game (Wrigley Field Calif) 
07/10/1990 Andrew Dice Clays cries on Arsenio Hall Show 
07/10/1992 John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners 
07/10/1992 Spaceship Giotto (Halley 1986) approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup 
07/10/1992 SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival 
07/10/1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons 
07/10/1993 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi pres/Sylvie Kinigi, PM 
07/10/1993 Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38) 
07/10/1994 Fred Norris (from the Howard Stern Show) marries Allison 
  
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