History for July 10

History for July 10 - On-This-Day.com:
John Calvin 1509, Aldolphus Busch 1842, Nikola Tesla 1856



Marcel Proust 1871, David Brinkley 1920, Arthur Ashe 1943


1913 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was 134 degrees in Death Valley, CA.


1925 - The official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, was established.


1928 - George Eastman first demonstrated color motion pictures.


1940 - The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II.


1953 - American forces withdraw from Pork Chop Hill in Korea after heavy fighting.


1962 - The Telstar Communications satellite was launched. The satellite relayed TV and telephone signals between Europe and the U.S.


1991 - Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.


1998 - The U.S. military delivered the remains of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie to his family in St. Louis. He had been placed in Arlington Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown in 1984. His identity had been confirmed with DNA tests.