10TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST FELICITY; THE SEVEN BROTHERS; ST
AMELBERGA; & SAINTS RUFINA & SECUNDA." |
| 10TH |
552 |
ORIGIN OF ARMENIAN CALENDER. |
| 10TH |
1460 |
IN ENGLAND’S "WAR OF THE
ROSES" YORKISTS DEFEAT THE LANCASTRIANS & CAPTURE "HENRY VI" AT THE
BATTLE OF NORTHAMPTON. |
| 10TH |
1553 |
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF "EDWARD VI", "LADY JANE
GREY" IS PROCLAIMED "QUEEN OF ENGLAND". |
| 10TH |
1858 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST RAIL CRASH
CLAIMS 4 LIVES AT LIDCOMBE, NSW. |
| 10TH |
1866 |
INDELIBLE PENCIL IS PATENTED BY "EDSON P. CLARK,"
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSSETS, USA. |
| 10TH |
1878 |
HORSE DRAWN TRAM SERVICE FROM ADELAIDE
TO KENSINGTON BEGINS. |
| 10TH |
1886 |
ERUPTION OF TARAWERA VOLCANO DESTROYS FAMOUS PINK & WHITE
CALCIUM CARBONATE HOT-SPRING TERRACES ON THE NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND. |
| 10TH |
1901 |
THE SYDNEY DEPARTMENT STORE
"ANTHONY HORDERN & SONS" WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE. 5 SHOP ASSISTANTS LOST THEIR
LIVES. |
| 10TH |
1907 |
TELEPHONE TRUNKLINE BETWEEN SYDNEY & MELBOURNE, OPENS. |
| 10TH |
1911 |
THE "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY"
WAS ESTABLISHED. |
| 10TH |
1917 |
GLAMOROUS DANCER, ADVENTURESS, "MATA HARI," IS
SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF PASSING ON SECRETS TO THE GERMANS, BY A
FRENCH COURT MARTIAL. |
| 10TH |
1923 |
IN ROSTOV, RUSSIA, 2-POUND HAILSTONES
KILL 23 PEOPLE & MANY CATTLE. |
| 10TH |
1926 |
LAKE DENMARK, NEW JERSEY, ARSENAL EXPLODES, KILLING 21, &
CAUSING $75 MILLION DAMAGE. |
| 10TH |
1929 |
"CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH, CHARLES
ULM, & CREW MEMBERS LITCHFIELD AND McWILLIAM" LANDED AT CROYDON IN ENGLAND AFTER
FLYING THE "SOUTHERN CROSS" FROM AUSTRALIA IN A RECORD TIME OF 12 DAYS 21 HOURS
AND 18 MINUTES. |
| 10TH |
1932 |
"SS CASINO" SANK AFTER HER HULL WAS PIERCED
BY HER OWN ANCHOR WHILE TRYING TO BERTH IN APOLLO BAY VICTORIA; 9 LIVES WERE LOST. |
| 10TH |
1940 |
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BEGAN AS NAZI
FORCES ATTACKED BY AIR. |
| 10TH |
1947 |
A TRAIN FALLS INTO A RIVER IN CANTON, CHINA, KILLING 200. |
| 10TH |
1958 |
THE FIRST OF A BATCH OF 625 PARKING
METERS IS INSTALLED IN ENGLAND. |
| 10TH |
1962 |
THE U.S. COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE "TELSTAR" IS
LAUNCHED, BRINGING LIVE U.S. TELEVISION TO EUROPE. |
| 10TH |
1965 |
AUSTRALIAN OPERA SINGER, "JOAN
SUTHERLAND" VISITING AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, OPENS THE OPERA
SEASON. |
| 10TH |
1965 |
AUSTRALIAN RUNNER, "RON CLARKE" BROKE 13 MINUTES
FOR 3 MILES IN LONDON. |
| 10TH |
1965 |
THE ‘ROLLING STONES" SCORE
THEIR FIRST NUMBER ONE HIT WITH, "I CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION." |
| 10TH |
1967 |
DECIMAL CURRENCY CHANGE OVER DATE IN NEW ZEALAND. |
| 10TH |
1971 |
100 PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED AT SYDNEY
CRICKET GROUND WHILE PROTESTING AGAINST THE ALL WHITE SPRINGBOKS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. |
| 10TH |
1972 |
A HERD OF STAMPEDING ELEPHANTS IN CHANDKA FOREST, INDIA,
KILLS 24 PEOPLE. |
| 10TH |
1976 |
‘SEVESCO’ IN NORTHERN ITALY
IS COVERED BY A TOXIC CLOUD WHEN WEEDKILLER LEAKS FROM A CHEMICAL PLANT, RESULTING IN THE
DEATH OF CROPS & 40,000 ANIMALS. |
| 10TH |
1976 |
ONE AMERICAN & THREE BRITISH MERCENARIES ARE EXECUTED BY
FIRING SQUAD IN WAR TORN ANGOLA. |
| 10TH |
1978 |
6 OCCUPANTS OF A HOUSE DIE WHEN A
"PARTAVIA P68B" AEROPLANE CRASHED THROUGH THEIR ROOF NEAR ESSENDON AIRPORT. |
| 10TH |
1980 |
FIRE CAUSES EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ALEXANDRA PALACE IN NORTH
LONDON. |
| 10TH |
1982 |
"MIGUEL VASQUEZ" MAKES THE
FIRST PUBLIC QUADRUPLE SOMERSAULT ON THE TRAPEZE. |
| 10TH |
1983 |
A MELBOURNE MAN KNOWN ONLY AS ‘MILTON’ IS
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST AIDS DEATH. |
| 10TH |
1985 |
THE GREENPEACE FLAGSHIP "RAINBOW
WARRIOR" WAS BOMBED AND SUNK BY FRENCH SABOTEURS IN AUKLAND, NEW ZEALAND RESULTING IN
THE DEATH OF ONE CREW MEMBER. |
| 10TH |
1996 |
THE GALILEO SPACE PROBE GIVES FRESH INFORMATION ON
‘GANYMEDE,’ ONE OF THE MOONS OF JUPITER. |
| 10TH |
1999 |
IN AN AFL FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN
FREMANTLE & ST KILDA AT SUBIACO OVAL, PERTH, FIELD UMPIRE "PETER CAREY"
MARKED THE BALL ON HIS CHEST DURING PLAY FOR NO APPARENT REASON, & THEN HAD A BALL UP
TO GET PLAY UNDER WAY AGAIN. |
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