July 10 in history
Events on July 10
Notable events that happened on July 10 in past years.
- 2019
The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
Wikipedia article: Volkswagen Beetle - 2011
Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
Wikipedia article: Bulgaria (1955 ship) - 2006
A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.
Wikipedia article: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688 - 1998
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claim they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
Wikipedia article: Catholic Church sexual abuse cases - 1992
In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
Wikipedia article: Miami - 1985
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 5143 - 1967
New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar.
Wikipedia article: New Zealand - 1947
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
Wikipedia article: Muhammad Ali Jinnah - 1940
World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
Wikipedia article: Adolf Hitler - 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.
Wikipedia article: Bloody Sunday (1921) - 1877
The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
Wikipedia article: Villa - 1778
American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Wikipedia article: American Revolution - 1519
Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
Wikipedia article: Zhu Chenhao - 1212
The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
- 138
Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
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