Born on July 10
July 10 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 10, you share a birthday with Nikola Tesla, Marcel Proust and Mahathir Mohamad. July 10 babies are Cancer, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 10 is the 192nd day of the year in leap years (191st in other years).
Famous people born on July 10
- 1856Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer
- 1871Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist
- 1925Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1509John Calvin, French pastor and theologian
- 1931Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1830Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter
- 1980Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
- 1972Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer
- 1975Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
- 1942Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer
What happened on July 10
- 1553Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen".
- 1832U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1877The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
- 1890Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- 1913The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest recorded on Earth.
- 1920Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1924Paavo Nurmi wins the 1,500 m and 5,000 m events at the Paris Olympics, with just an hour between the two races.
- 1938Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
- 1947Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
- 1948The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).: 121
- 1962Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
- 1966Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally in support of the Chicago Freedom Movement, one of the most ambitious civil-rights campaigns in the northern United States.
Also observed on July 10
- Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
- Independence Day (Bahamas), celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973.
- Nikola Tesla Day
- Statehood Day (Wyoming)
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 10?
People born on July 10 are Cancer. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 10?
Nikola Tesla (1856), Marcel Proust (1871), Mahathir Mohamad (1925), John Calvin (1509), Alice Munro (1931), Camille Pissarro (1830) were all born on July 10.
What happened on July 10 in history?
Among other things: in 1948, The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).: 121; in 1962, Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit; in 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally in support of the Chicago Freedom Movement, one of the most ambitious civil-rights campaigns in the northern United States.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 10?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 10 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 10”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.