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On This Day In History for July 10, 2019
This is the 191st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 174 days remaining in 2019.
- It was on this date in 1212, that The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
- It was also this date in 1499 that The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
- That same date in 1789, Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
- July 10, 1913, The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature ever to be recorded on Earth.
- It was also this date in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
- July 10, 1938, Howard Hughes begins a 91 hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
- It was on this date in 1962, that Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
- On July 10, 1966, The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
- Also today in 1978, ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- On July 10, 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.
- 19 years ago today, EADS, the world’s second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
- Also on July 10, 2007, Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- English mathematician and astronomer, Roger Cotes, born on this date in 1682.
- Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist was born on that same date in 1809.
- Alvan Graham Clark, the American astronomer was born 187 years ago today.
- German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch, Adolphus Busch was born 180 years ago today.
- Born July 10, 1856, Serbian-American physicist and engineer Nikola Tesla.
- Carl Orff, German composer and educator was born on that same date in 1895.
- German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Kurt Alder was born 117 years ago today.
- David Brinkley, American journalist was born on that same date in 1920.
- Owen Chamberlain, the American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 99 years ago today.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics was born on that same date in 1921.
- American actor, Fred Gwynne was born 93 years ago today.
- Russian mathematician and academic, Grigory Barenblatt, born on this date in 1927.
- Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut, Pyotr Klimuk is 77 today.
- Born July 10, 1945, American actor Ron Glass.
- Also turning 72 today is American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Arlo Guthrie.
- American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer, Jessica Simpson is 39 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 10 – KHD a.k.a. The Devin
- 11 – Steven Truax (rednecktech)
- 12 – Shadowbird712 of Shadowbird Studios (http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/) (Sorry for the cheap plug, y’all)
- 12 – François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)
- 13 – Ben Ragunton of TGGeeks
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 10, 2019
News
- NASA Telescopes Reveal the Atmosphere of A Strange Hybrid Exoplanet – Universe Today
- A Drone, a $12,000 Lens, and the Magic of a Total Solar Eclipse | WIRED
- Scientists attempting to open a portal to a parallel universe | The Independent
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