July 10

Thursday 10, 2003:

A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest bus accident to date in Hong Kong. jjj

Wednesday 10, 2002:

At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Kenneth Thomson.

Monday 10, 2000:

EADS, the world's second largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.

Friday 10, 1998:

Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.

Thursday 10, 1997:

London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neandertal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

Friday 10, 1992:

In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.

Wednesday 10, 1991:

Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected President of Russia.

Wednesday 10, 1985:

In response to market demand, Coca-Cola re-introduces it's old formula cola as "Coca-Cola Classic" (see New Coke).

Monday 10, 1978:

ABC News World News Tonight premieres.

Tuesday 10, 1973:

The Bahamas gain full independence within the British Commonwealth.

Wednesday 10, 1968:

Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France

Monday 10, 1967:

Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Tuesday 10, 1962:

Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

Tuesday 10, 1951:

Randy Turpin becomes the middleweight boxing champion after defeating Sugar Ray Robinson.

Wednesday 10, 1940:

The German Luftwaffe begin to hit British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).

Sunday 10, 1938:

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.

Friday 10, 1925:

Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.

Thursday 10, 1913:

Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2003).

Thursday 10, 1890:

Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.

Wednesday 10, 1850:

Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States.

Tuesday 10, 1832:

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

Tuesday 10, 1821:

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

Friday 10, 1789:

Alexander Mackenzie reaches Mackenzie River Delta.

Friday 10, 1778:

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

Tuesday 10, 1584:

William I of Orange was assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.

Wednesday 10, -48:

Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.

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