July 10

July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining.

Births:

• 1834 -- [James Whistler]? (painter: Whistler's Mother)
• 1871 -- [Marcel Proust]? (author: Remembrance of Things Past)
• 1915 -- Saul Bellow (author: Seize the Day, Humboldt's Gift, Herzog)
• 1947 -- [Arlo Guthrie]? (folk singer)

Events:

• 1890 -- Wyoming becomes the 44th state in the United States of America
• 1943 -- Operation Husky?, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins
• 1962 -- Telstar, the world's first [communications satellite]? is launched into orbit.

Deaths:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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