Today in History
10 July
271 births · 109 deaths · 69 events recorded
Notable Births
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Moo Deng
b. 2024
Thai pygmy hippopotamus (born 2024)
Mason Thames
b. 2007
American actor (born 2007)
Reece Walsh
b. 2002
Australia international rugby league footballer
Urban Meyer
b. 1964
American football coach (born 1964)
Alice Munro
b. 1931
Canadian short story writer (1931–2024)
Don Herbert
b. 1917
American educational television host (1917–2007)
Ima Hogg
b. 1882
American patron of the arts (1882–1975)
William Blackstone
b. 1723
English jurist, judge, and politician (1723–1780)
Notable Deaths
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David Gergen
d. 2025
American political consultant (1942–2025)
Joe Engle
d. 2024
American astronaut (1932–2024)
Alex Janvier
d. 2024
Canadian First Nations artist (1935–2024)
Maurice Boucher
d. 2022
Canadian outlaw biker and gangster (1953–2022)
Lara van Ruijven
d. 2020
Dutch short track speed skater (1992–2020)
Jack Charlton
d. 2020
English footballer and manager (1935–2020)
Denise Nickerson
d. 2019
American actress (1957–2019)
Henry Morgenthau III
d. 2018
American author and television producer (1917–2018)
On This Day in History
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2019
The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
Volkswagen Beetle
2018
Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission.
Tham Luang cave rescue
2017
Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
2016
Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.
Portugal national football team
2012
The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
Episcopal Church (United States)
2011
Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
Bulgaria (1955 ship)
2011
Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.
News International phone hacking scandal
2008
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
Ljube Boškoski