Editing July 10 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Arthur Meighen]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Canada]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Canada. Privy Council|author2=Public Archives of Canada|title=Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation, July 1, 1867-April 1, 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP7VMpdQsg8C|year=1974|publisher=Public Archives of Canada|page=55}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Bloody Sunday (1921)|Belfast's Bloody Sunday]] occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>Parkinson, Alan F. ''Belfast's Unholy War''. Four Courts Press, Dublin 2004; ISBN 1-85182-792-7, pg. 154.</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Paavo Nurmi]] wins the 1,500&nbsp;m and 5,000&nbsp;m events at the [[1924 Summer Olympics|Paris Olympics]], with just an hour between the two races.<ref>{{cite book| author=Lauri Pihkala & Martti Jukola | title=Olympialaiskisat ennen ja Pariisissa 1924. 2. osa | location=Porvoo | publisher=WSOY | year=1924 | language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Scopes trial]]: In [[Dayton, Tennessee]], the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of [[John T. Scopes]], a young high school science teacher accused of teaching [[evolution]] in violation of the [[Butler Act]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Kevin O'Higgins]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], Vice-President of the Executive Council of the [[Irish Free State]], is assassinated by the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Howard Hughes]] begins a 91-hour [[airplane]] flight around the world that will set a new record.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Vichy government]] is established in France.
*  1940   &ndash; World War II: Six days before [[Adolf Hitler]] issues his [[List of Adolf Hitler's directives|Directive 16]] to the combined ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' armed forces for [[Operation Sea Lion]], the ''[[Kanalkampf]]'' shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the [[Battle of Britain]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jedwabne pogrom]]: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of [[Jedwabne]].
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact [[Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] on [[Akutan Island]] (the "[[Akutan Zero]]"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Husky]] begins in Sicily.<ref>{{cite book |author=Morison |first=Samuel Eliot |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_3vsRs4G64C&pg=PA71 |title=Sicily-Salerno-Anzio |publisher=University of Illinois press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-252-07039-6}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] is recommended as the first [[Governor-General of Pakistan]] by the British Prime Minister, [[Clement Attlee]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: Armistice negotiations begin at [[Kaesong]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Telstar 1|Telstar]], the world's first [[communications satellite]], is launched into orbit.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Freedom Movement]], co-founded by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], holds a rally at [[Soldier Field]] in Chicago; as many as 60,000 people attend.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[The Bahamas]] gains full independence within the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; An [[1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash|EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes]] at [[Cairo International Airport]], killing all six people on board.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 154 SU-AXB Cairo |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740710-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010841/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740710-1 |archive-date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=May 9, 2014 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in [[Angola]] following the [[Luanda Trial]].
*  [[1978]]   &ndash; President [[Moktar Ould Daddah]] of [[Mauritania]] is ousted in a bloodless [[1978 Mauritanian coup d'état|coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Koven |first=Ronald |date=July 11, 1978 |title=Mauritanian President Overthrown in Military Coup |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/07/11/mauritanian-president-overthrown-in-military-coup/ba4387a3-4583-4c92-9ad4-bbf9cce386b9/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> 
*[[1985]] &ndash; The [[Greenpeace]] vessel ''[[Rainbow Warrior (1978)|Rainbow Warrior]]'' is [[Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior|bombed and sunk]] in [[Auckland]] harbour by French [[DGSE]] agents, killing [[Fernando Pereira]].
*  1985   &ndash; An [[Aeroflot Flight 5143|Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes]] near [[Uchkuduk]], [[Uzbekistan]] (then part of the [[Soviet Union]]), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[South African cricket team]] is readmitted into the [[International Cricket Council]] following the end of [[Apartheid]].
*  1991   &ndash; [[Boris Yeltsin]] takes office as the first elected [[President of Russia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA361|date=October 27, 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=361}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; A [[L'Express Airlines Flight 508|Beechcraft Model 99 crashes]] near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport]]) in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], killing 13 of the 15 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft C99 Commuter N7217L Birmingham Airport, AL (BHM)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910710-0|access-date=July 3, 2021|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; In [[Miami]], former [[Panamanian]] leader [[Manuel Noriega]] is sentenced to 40 years in prison for [[Recreational drug use|drug]] and [[racketeering]] violations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IIJi1YAoe_sC&pg=PA1246|year=1992|publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=1246}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Myanmar|Burmese]] politician [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] is released from house arrest.<ref name="Nobel.org">[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html Aung San Suu Kyi – Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027035904/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html|date=27 October 2007}} Nobel Prize Foundation</ref>
*1995 &ndash; The [[NIOSH air filtration rating]]s update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the [[Federal Register]]. The new regulation includes rules governing the new [[N95 respirator]] standard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 1995 |title=DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service 42 CFR Part 84 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-06-08/pdf/95-13287.pdf |publisher=Federal Register}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Herring Jr.|first=Ronald N.|date=1997|title=42 CFR Part 84: It's time to change respirators... but how?|magazine=Engineer's Digest|pages=14–23}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; 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.
*  1997   &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Blanco]], a member of [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of [[Ermua]] by [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] members, sparking widespread protests.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases]]: The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas|Diocese of Dallas]] agrees to pay $23.4&nbsp;million to nine former altar boys who claim they were [[child sexual abuse|sexually abused]] by [[Rudolph Kos]], a former priest.
*[[1999]] &ndash; In women's [[association football]], the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] defeats [[China women's national football team|China]] in a [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] near [[Los Angeles]] to win the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|final match]] of the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]]. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[EADS]], the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of [[Aérospatiale-Matra]], [[DaimlerChrysler Aerospace|DASA]], and [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]].
*  2000   &ndash; [[Bashar al-Assad]] succeeds his father [[Hafez al-Assad]] as [[President of Syria]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Syria Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/18/world/meast/syria-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=CNN|date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; ''[[Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens)|The Massacre of the Innocents]]'', a painting by [[Peter Paul Rubens]], is sold at a [[Sotheby's]] auction for £49.5&nbsp;million (US$76.2&nbsp;million) to [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet|Lord Thomson]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; A [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688|Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes]] near [[Multan International Airport]], killing all 45 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 AP-BAL Multan Airport (MUX) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20060710-0 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Erden Eruç]] begins the first solo human-powered [[circumnavigation]] of the world.
*[[2008]] &ndash; Former Macedonian Interior Minister [[Ljube Boškoski]] is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a [[United Nations]] tribunal.
*[[2011]] &ndash; Russian cruise ship ''[[Bulgaria (ship)|Bulgaria]]'' sinks in the [[Volga]] River near [[Syukeyevo]], [[Tatarstan]], causing 122 deaths.
*  2011   &ndash; Amid widespread backlash to revelations of [[News International phone hacking scandal|phone hacking]], the British weekly [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] newspaper ''[[News of the World]]'' publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/10/uk.phonehacking/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711145525/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/10/uk.phonehacking/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2011|website=CNN|title=Murdoch flies in as scandal closes News of the World|date=July 10, 2011|first=Richard Allen |last=Greene}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; The [[Episcopal Church USA]] allows [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Episcopal Church now largest with gay blessing|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/episcopal-church-now-largest-with-gay-blessing/|access-date=January 12, 2022|website=cbsnews.com|date=July 10, 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Portugal National Football Team|Portugal]] defeats [[France National Football Team|France]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2016 Final]] to win their first [[UEFA European Championship|European title]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025a-0ec0db63e375-e3d06be8c923-1000--euro-2016-all-you-need-to-know/ |title=EURO 2016: all you need to know |date=January 1, 2023 |website=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|Iraqi Civil War]]: [[Mosul]] is declared [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)|fully liberated]] from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] by the government of [[Iraq]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Cave rescue: Boys and football coach free from Tham Luang |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44782132 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Matthew |last2=Davidson |first2=Helen |date=July 10, 2018 |title=All 12 boys and coach successfully rescued from Thai cave – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2018/jul/10/thai-cave-rescue-third-mission-planned-to-bring-out-remaining-boys-and-coach-live-updates |access-date=July 17, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The final [[Volkswagen Beetle]] rolls off the line in [[Puebla (city)|Puebla]], Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.<ref>{{cite web|website=Sin Embargo|url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/13-07-2019/3611865|title=De los nazis a los hippies: el fin de la ruta del escarabajo se dio en México, donde se reprodujo por miles|date=July 13, 2019|access-date=July 14, 2019|language=es|trans-title=From Nazis to Hippies, end of the road for "Beetle" in Mexico, where it had been produced by the thousand}}</ref>