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International observance days, weeks, and months for July 10, 2026. Plus historical events and birthdays.
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. 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, 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. The document ended WWI and proposed the League of Nations.
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 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, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field, Chicago. Nearly as 60,000 people attend.
Disney releases The Fox & the Hound.
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 who were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
Wyoming is admitted as the 44th state to join the Union. The state was carved from sections of the Dakota, Utah, and Idaho territories.
People born on July 10
Journalist and creator of some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries. She is credited with creating the detective's adventurous personality.
Educator and civil rights activist who founded the National Council of Negro Women. She also establish the Aframerican Women's Journal.
Highly decorated U.S. Army Major General who was a founding member of the CIA.
Illustrator and co-created Superman.
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.
Artist who created a design for a pin back button and the "smiley face" found on buttons.
The 11th VP of the U.S., serving under President James Polk from 1845 to 1849.
Actor best known for his roles as Herman Munster in The Munsters.
Co-founded the Special Olympics.
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.
