About July 10
July 10, 2024 is the 192nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 174 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 203 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 10
- 48 BC –Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
- 1778 –American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1806 –The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- 1821 –The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 1850 –Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term.
- 1877 –The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
- 1913 –Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
- 1940 –World War II: Battle of Britain – The German Luftwaffe begins attacking British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
- 1942 –Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1947 –Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
- 1951 –Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
- 1967 –Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1968 –Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1973 –John Paul Getty III, grandson of oil magnate J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
- 1973 –National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
- 1985 –Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
- 1992 –In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
- 1997 –In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the “out of Africa theory” of human evolution placing an “African Eve” at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- 1997 –Partido Popular (Spain) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
- 2008 –Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
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