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July 10 in recent years

July 10 is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 174 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1419 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
  • 1451James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
  • 1501Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1572)
  • 1509John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (d. 1564)
  • 1515 – Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (d. 1582)
  • 1517 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (d. 1571)
  • 1533 – Antonio Possevino, Italian diplomat (d. 1611)
  • 1592 – Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (d. 1660)

1601–1900

  • 1614Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (d. 1686)
  • 1625 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
  • 1638 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
  • 1666 – John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (d. 1711)
  • 1682Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1716)
  • 1723William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1780)
  • 1724Eva Ekeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist (d. 1786)
  • 1752St. George Tucker, United States federal judge (d. 1827)
  • 1792George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864)
  • 1802 – Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (d. 1871)
  • 1802 – Alfred Ronalds, British fly fishing author, artisan and Australian pioneer (d. 1860)
  • 1804Emma Smith, American religious leader (d. 1879)
  • 1809 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1889)
  • 1823 – Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1908)
  • 1830Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (d. 1903)
  • 1832Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (d. 1897)
  • 1835Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1880)
  • 1839Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (d. 1913)
  • 1856Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
  • 1864 – Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 1926)
  • 1867 – Prince Maximilian of Baden (d. 1929)
  • 1871Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1922)
  • 1874 – Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
  • 1875Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (d. 1955)
  • 1875 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian politician (d. 1973)
  • 1877 – Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (d. 1935)
  • 1878Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
  • 1882 – Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (d. 1975)
  • 1883 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
  • 1883 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (d. 1952)
  • 1888Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (d. 1978)
  • 1888 – Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (d. 1960)
  • 1891Edith Quimby, American medical researcher and physicist (d. 1982)
  • 1894 – Jimmy McHugh, American composer (d. 1969)
  • 1895Carl Orff, German composer and educator (d. 1982)
  • 1896Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (d. 1981)
  • 1897 – Legs Diamond, American gangster (d. 1931)
  • 1897 – Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (d. 1957)
  • 1898 – Renée Björling, Swedish actress (d. 1975)
  • 1899John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1936)
  • 1899 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
  • 1900Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1900 – Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)

1901–present

  • 1902Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
  • 1902 – Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (d. 1989)
  • 1903 – Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (d. 1989)
  • 1903 – John Wyndham, English author (d. 1969)
  • 1904 – Lili Damita, French-American actress (d. 1994)
  • 1905Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
  • 1905 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
  • 1905 – Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)
  • 1907Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)
  • 1909 – Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (d. 1981)
  • 1911Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor (d. 1990)
  • 1911 – Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
  • 1913Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1985)
  • 1914Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (d. 1992)
  • 1914 – Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director (d. 2001)
  • 1916 – Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
  • 1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
  • 1917 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
  • 1918James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (d. 2015)
  • 1918 – Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (d. 2018)
  • 1918 – Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (d. 2018)
  • 1918 – Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (d. 1998)
  • 1919Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
  • 1919 – Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (d. 2009)
  • 1920David Brinkley, American journalist (d. 2003)
  • 1920 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
  • 1920 – Cyril Grant, English footballer (d. 2002)
  • 1921 – Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
  • 1921 – Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
  • 1921 – John K. Singlaub, U.S. Army Major General (d. 2022)
  • 1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
  • 1922 – Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (d. 2003)
  • 1922 – Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (d. 2007)
  • 1922 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor (d. 2017)
  • 1923 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (d. 2001)
  • 1923 – John Bradley, American soldier (d. 1994)
  • 1923 – Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (d. 2003)
  • 1923 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (d. 1987)
  • 1924Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
  • 1924 – Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
  • 1925Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • 1925 – Ernest Bertrand Boland, American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2023)
  • 1926 – Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (d. 2022)
  • 1926 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1927Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2018)
  • 1927 – David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (d. 2020)
  • 1927 – William Smithers, American actor
  • 1928 – Don Bolles, American investigative reporter (d. 1976)
  • 1928 – Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
  • 1928 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (d. 2003)
  • 1928 – Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2010)
  • 1928 – John Glenn, American baseball player
  • 1929 – Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
  • 1929 – George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1929 – Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (d. 2004)
  • 1929 – José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (d. 2020)
  • 1930 – Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
  • 1930 – Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (d. 2019)
  • 1930 – Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress (d. 2022)
  • 1931 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
  • 1931 – Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter (d. 2019)
  • 1931 – Julian May, American author (d. 2017)
  • 1931 – Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1932 – Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver (d. 2019)
  • 1932 – Neile Adams, Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer
  • 1932 – Manfred Preußger, German athlete
  • 1933 – Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1933 – C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (d. 2007)
  • 1934 – Marshall Brodien, American actor (d. 2019)
  • 1934 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2012)
  • 1935 – Margaret McEntee, American Catholic religious sister and educator
  • 1935 – Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician
  • 1935 – Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (d. 2012)
  • 1936Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech
  • 1936 – Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician
  • 1937Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1937 – Gun Svensson, Swedish politician
  • 1938Paul Andreu, French architect (d. 2018)
  • 1938 – Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
  • 1939 – Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1939 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (d. 1999)
  • 1939Mavis Staples, American singer
  • 1940 – Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician
  • 1940 – Helen Donath, American soprano and actress
  • 1940 – Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer
  • 1940 – Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer
  • 1941 – Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (d. 2012)
  • 1941 – David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
  • 1941 – Robert Pine, American actor and director
  • 1941 – Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2020)
  • 1942Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
  • 1942 – Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1942 – Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
  • 1942 – Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola
  • 1943Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (d. 1993)
  • 1943 – Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician
  • 1943 – Jerry Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1944 – Mick Grant, English motorcycle racer
  • 1944 – Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic
  • 1945Ron Glass, American actor (d. 2016)
  • 1945 – Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
  • 1945 – John Motson, English sportscaster (d. 2023)
  • 1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1946 – Jean-Pierre Jarier, French race car driver
  • 1946 – Chin Han, Taiwanese actor
  • 1947Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1948 – Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (d. 2013)
  • 1948 – Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1948 – Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor
  • 1948 – John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
  • 1949 – Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author
  • 1949 – Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1949 – Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950 – Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture
  • 1950 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
  • 1951 – Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951Rajnath Singh, Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India
  • 1952Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1952 – Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
  • 1953Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1953 – Zoogz Rift, American musician and wrestler (d. 2011)
  • 1954 – Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
  • 1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player
  • 1954 – Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1955 – Nic Dakin, English educator and politician
  • 1955 – Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league player
  • 1956 – Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician
  • 1956 – K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager
  • 1957 – Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter
  • 1958Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter
  • 1958 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
  • 1959Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
  • 1959 – Sandy West, American singer, drummer and songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1961Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and film actor
  • 1961 – Marc Riley, English guitarist and radio DJ
  • 1963 – Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer
  • 1964 – Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach
  • 1964 – Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
  • 1964 – Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
  • 1965 – Scott McCarron, American golfer
  • 1965 – Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1966 – Clive Efford, English politician
  • 1966 – Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
  • 1966 – Christian Stangl, Austrian skier and mountaineer
  • 1966 – Anna Bråkenhielm, Swedish business executive
  • 1967Tom Meents, American professional monster truck driver
  • 1967 – Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter
  • 1967 – Gillian Tett, English journalist and author
  • 1967 – Ikki Sawamura, Japanese model, actor and television presenter
  • 1967 – John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator
  • 1969 – Marty Cordova, American baseball player
  • 1969 – Gale Harold, American actor
  • 1970 – Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter
  • 1970 – Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer
  • 1970 – John Simm, English actor
  • 1971Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1971 – Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach
  • 1972Peter Serafinowicz, English actor
  • 1972 – Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer
  • 1972 – Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1974Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
  • 1975 – Andrew Firestone, American businessman
  • 1975 – Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver
  • 1975 – Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1975 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (d. 2018)
  • 1975 – Richard Westbrook, English race car driver
  • 1976Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
  • 1976 – Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist
  • 1976 – Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
  • 1976 – Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1976 – Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1976 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
  • 1977Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
  • 1979 – Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
  • 1979 – Gong Yoo, Korean actor
  • 1980 – Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
  • 1980 – Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 1980 – James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1980 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
  • 1981 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
  • 1982 – Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer
  • 1982 – Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host
  • 1982 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
  • 1982 – Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director
  • 1983 – Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
  • 1983 – Matthew Egan, Australian footballer
  • 1983 – Gabi, Spanish footballer
  • 1983 – Kim Hee-chul, Korean entertainer and singer
  • 1983 – Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer
  • 1983 – Doug Kramer, Filipino basketball player
  • 1983 – Anthony Watmough, Australian rugby league player
  • 1983 – Sherif Ekramy, Egyptian footballer
  • 1984 – Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
  • 1985Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer
  • 1985 – B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Mario Gómez, German footballer
  • 1988Antonio Brown, American football player
  • 1988 – Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer
  • 1988 – Sarah Walker, New Zealand BMX rider
  • 1990Adam Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
  • 1990 – Trent Richardson, American footballer
  • 1990 – Chiyonokuni Toshiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1991 – Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1999April Ivy, Portuguese composer and singer
  • 2001Isabela Merced, American actress
  • 2002Reece Walsh, Australian rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1603Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop and academic (b. 1538)
  • 1621 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, French commander (b. 1571)
  • 1653 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
  • 1680 – Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (b. 1643)
  • 1683 – François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian and author (b. 1610)
  • 1686 – John Fell, English bishop and academic (b. 1625)
  • 1776 – Richard Peters, English lawyer and minister (b. 1704)
  • 1794 – Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (b. 1754)
  • 1806George Stubbs, English painter and academic (b. 1724)
  • 1851Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (b. 1787)
  • 1863 – Clement Clarke Moore, American author and educator (b. 1779)
  • 1881 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (b. 1812)
  • 1884Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)

1901–present

  • 1908 – Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839)
  • 1915 – Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (b. 1831)
  • 1920John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
  • 1929 – Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
  • 1938 – Arthur Barclay, 15th president of Liberia (b. 1854)
  • 1941Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
  • 1941 – Huntley Wright, English actor (b. 1868)
  • 1950 – Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
  • 1952 – Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
  • 1954Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
  • 1956 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
  • 1960 – Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
  • 1962 – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
  • 1963Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
  • 1970 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
  • 1971 – Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (b. 1924)
  • 1972 – Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
  • 1978 – John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (b. 1906)
  • 1979Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894)
  • 1980Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (b. 1908)
  • 1985 – Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
  • 1986 – Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1940)
  • 1987 – John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (b. 1910)
  • 1989Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)
  • 1993Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (b. 1901)
  • 1993 – Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
  • 1995 – Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
  • 1996Eno Raud, Estonian author (b. 1928)
  • 2000Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1909)
  • 2002 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
  • 2002 – Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (b. 1943)
  • 2002 – Laurence Janifer, American author (b. 1933)
  • 2003 – Winston Graham, English author (b. 1908)
  • 2003 – Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1902)
  • 2004 – Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1922)
  • 2005 – A. J. Quinnell, English author (b. 1940)
  • 2006Shamil Basayev, Chechen terrorist rebel leader (b. 1965)
  • 2006 – Lennart Bladh, Swedish politician (b. 1920)
  • 2007 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist and author (b. 1949)
  • 2008 – Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (b. 1938)
  • 2008 – Mike Souchak, American golfer (b. 1927)
  • 2009Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (b. 1917)
  • 2011 – Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and educator (b. 1921)
  • 2011 – Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1924)
  • 2012Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
  • 2012 – Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
  • 2012 – Berthe Meijer, German-Dutch journalist and author (b. 1938)
  • 2012 – Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (b. 1919)
  • 2012 – Viktor Suslin, Russian-German composer (b. 1942)
  • 2013 – Philip Caldwell, American businessman (b. 1920)
  • 2013 – Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (b. 1958)
  • 2013 – Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1922)
  • 2013 – Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (b. 1956)
  • 2013 – Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (b. 1922)
  • 2014Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
  • 2014 – Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
  • 2014 – Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (b. 1939)
  • 2014 – Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1912)
  • 2014 – Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (b. 1934)
  • 2015Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1944)
  • 2015 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (b. 1932)
  • 2015 – Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
  • 2016 – Katharina Focke, German politician (b. 1922)
  • 2018Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (b. 1917)
  • 2020Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (b. 1992)
  • 2020 – Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
  • 2022 – Maurice Boucher, Canadian outlaw biker (b. 1953)

Holidays and observances

  • Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Amalberga of Maubeuge
    • Canute IV of Denmark
    • Rufina and Secunda
    • Seven Brothers
    • Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax
    • July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Independence Day (Bahamas), celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973.
  • Nikola Tesla Day
  • Statehood Day (Wyoming)

See also

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