July 10 - Please Hold

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A big thank you to Sir for the new phone!

This Day In History

988

Norse King Glun Iarainn recognises Máel Sechnaill II, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.

1553

Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.

1789

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.

1821

The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.

1913

Death Valley, California hits 134°F, the highest temperature recorded in the United States.

1938

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.

1942

An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

1962

Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

1997

In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

2002

At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.

Famous Birthdays

1509

John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)

1682

Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716)

1830

Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)

1839

Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913)

1856

Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (d. 1943)

1895

Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982)

1900

Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993)

1917

Reg Smythe, British cartoonist (Andy Capp) (d. 1998)

1926

Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)

1931

Jerry Herman, American composer and lyricist
Julian May, American writer

1943

Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993)

1945

Ron Glass, American actor
1958
Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
1966
Gina Bellman, British actress
1970
Gary LeVox, American singer, songwriter, and musician (Rascal Flatts)
1974
Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor