JULY 10 | Birthdays and Events
Famous Birthdays
People born on July 10
George Dallas
Died: December 31, 1864
The 11th VP of the U.S., serving under President James Polk from 1845 to 1849.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Died: May 18, 1875
Educator and civil rights activist who founded the National Council of Negro Women. She also establish the Aframerican Women's Journal.
Edith Smaw Quimby
Died: October 11, 1982
Medical researcher and physicist who was one of the founders of nuclear medicine. Quimby was also involved in groundbreaking development of using diagnostic and therapeutic applications of X-rays.
Mildred Benson
Died: May 28, 2002
Journalist and creator of some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. She is credited with creating the detective's adventurous personality.
Joe Shuster
Died: July 30, 1992
Illustrator and co-created Superman.
John K. Singlaub
Died: January 29, 2022
Highly decorated U.S. Army Major General who was a founding member of the CIA.
Harvey Ball
Died: April 12, 1921
Artist who created a design for a pin back button and the "smiley face" found on buttons.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Died: August 11, 2009
Co-founded the Special Olympics.
Fred Gwynne
Died: July 2, 1933
Actor best known for his roles as Herman Munster in The Munsters.
Janette Sherman
Died: November 19, 2019
Physician who spent her career researching pesticides, nuclear radiation, birth defects, breast cancer, and illnesses caused by toxins in homes. He was a pioneer in the field of occupational and environmental health.
Historical Events on July 10
Events that occurred on July 10 throughout history
President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the U.S.
President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the U.S. The President denounced the institution as "unconstitutional, corrupt, and a tool of the wealthy elite that catered to foreign and privileged interests at the expense of ordinary Americans."
President Millard Fillmore is sworn in the day after President Zachary Taylor's death.
President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death, who died unexpectedly of natural causes.
President Woodrow Wilson hand delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate.
President Woodrow Wilson hand delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate. The document ended WWI and proposed the League of Nations.
Science teacher John T. Scopes' trial begins for accusations of teaching evolution.
The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution begins. The trial accused Mr. Scopes of violating the Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach human evolution in state-funded schools.
Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.
Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. Hughes demonstrated modern technology could make safe, long-distance global travel a near-term reality.
The Chicago Freedom Movement holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago.
The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field, Chicago. Nearly as 60,000 people attend.
The Fox & The Hound is released by Disney.
Disney releases The Fox & the Hound.
Coco-Cola reverts to selling the old Coke formula.
Coca-Cola announces it will revert to selling the old formula Coke after public backlash and angry protest calling for the original recipe to be returned to the product.
The Catholic Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys.
The Catholic Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th state to join the Union. The state was carved from sections of the Dakota, Utah, and Idaho territories.