July 10 in History

Historical Events on July 10

1778 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1821 The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.

1832 U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.

1940 World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.

1951 Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.

1976 Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.

1985 The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.

1997 In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

1998 Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: 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.

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Famous Birthdays on July 10

1856 Nikola Tesla

1925 Mahathir Mohamad

1975 Brendan Gaughan

1988 Antonio Brown

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Famous Deaths on July 10

138 Hadrian

649 Emperor Taizong of Tang

1460 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

2012 Fritz Langanke

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