1520 | The Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes is driven from Tenochtitlan and retreats to Tlaxcala. | |
1609 | The Catholic states in Germany set up a league under the leadership of Maximilian of Bavaria. | |
1679 | The British crown claims New Hampshire as a royal colony. | |
1776 | The statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City. | |
1778 | In support of the American Revolution, Louis XVI declares war on England. | |
1850 | Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th president of the United States following the death of Zachary Taylor. | |
1890 | Wyoming becomes the 44th state. | |
1893 | Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery, without the benefit of penicillin or blood transfusion. | |
1925 | The trial of Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes opens, with Clarence Darrow appearing for the defense and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution. | |
1940 | Germany begins the bombing of England. | |
1942 | General Carl Spaatz becomes the head of the U.S. Air Force in Europe. | |
1943 | American and British forces complete their amphibious landing of Sicily. | |
1945 | U.S. carrier-based aircraft begin airstrikes against Japan in preparation for invasion. | |
1951 | Armistice talks between the United Nations and North Korea begin at Kaesong. | |
1960 | Belgium sends troops to the Congo to protect whites as the Congolese Bloodbath begins, just 10 days after the former colony became independent of Belgian rule. | |
1962 | The satellite Telstar is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, beaming live television from Europe to the United States. | |
1965 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" becomes the Rolling Stones' first No. 1 single in the USA. | |
1967 | Singer Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe," which will become a country music classic and win 4 Grammys. | |
1976 | In Seveso, near Milan, Italy, an explosion in a chemical factory covers the surrounding area with toxic dioxin. Time magazine has ranked the Seveso incident No. 8 on its list of the 10 worst environmental disasters. | |
1985 | Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling "old formula Coke," following a public outcry and falling sales of its "new Coke." | |
1991 | Boris Yeltsin is sworn in as the first elected president of the Russian Federation, following the breakup of the USSR. | |
1993 | Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 meters in less than 27 minutes. |
Today in History July 10
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history.

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