July 10th, 1939

Born on July 10th, 1939

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What happened on July 10th?

July 10th, 1941

The Holocaust: Ethnic Poles murdered at least 340 Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German-occupied Poland.

July 10th, 1940

Second World War: The Battle of Britain, in which the Royal Air Force defended the UK from attacks by the German Luftwaffe, began.

July 10th, 1925

Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.

July 10th, 1921

Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence broke out between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.

July 10th, 1913

The air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 °F (56.7 °C), recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as the highest recorded on Earth.

July 10th, 1806

Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company at Vellore Fort.

July 10th, 1800

Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of India, founded Fort William College in Calcutta.

July 10th, 1645

English Civil War: The Parliamentarians destroyed the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport, ultimately giving Parliament control of the west of England.

July 10th, 1553

Lady Jane Grey (pictured) was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen".

July 10th, 1372

The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

July 10th, 2018

The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

July 10th, 2011

The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers.

July 10th, 2006

Typhoon Ewiniar made landfall over Korea, potentially causing thousands of deaths in North Korea.

July 10th, 1999

The United States defeated China in the final match of the FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both attendance and television ratings for women's sports.

July 10th, 1973

John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 10th

Born on July 10th, 1939

84

Lawrence Pressman

American actor

*July 10th, 1939, Cynthiana

84

Sarath Amunugama

Sri Lankan politician

*July 10th, 1939, Kandy

77

Maria Isabel Barreno

Portuguese writer

*July 10th, 1939, Lisbon †September 3rd, 2016, Lisbon

84

Mavis Staples

American singer

*July 10th, 1939, Chicago

60

Ahmet Taner Kışlalı

Turkish journalist and academic

*July 10th, 1939, Zile †October 21st, 1999, Ankara

84

Vicente Moncho

Argentinian composer, conductor and musicologist

*July 10th, 1939, San Juan

82

Kamel Lemoui

Algerian footballer

*July 10th, 1939, Batna †January 3rd, 2022, Paris

73

Phil Kelly

Irish footballer (1939-2012)

*July 10th, 1939, Dublin †August 16th, 2012, Norwich

81

Siah Armajani

American sculptor and architect

*July 10th, 1939, Lahijan †August 27th, 2020, New York City

84

Susan Sherman

American poet

*July 10th, 1939, Philadelphia

84

Petre Miclǎuş

Romanian gymnast

*July 10th, 1939, Satu Mare

84

Hennadij Makarow

Association football player

*July 10th, 1939, Kacha

83

Jacques Mahéas

French politician

*July 10th, 1939, Ivry-sur-Seine †August 20th, 2022, Nice

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Who's birthday is on July 10th?

80

Paul Andreu

French architect (1938-2018)

*July 10th, 1938, Caudéran †October 11th, 2018, 15th arrondissement of Paris

34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

81

Sixto Rodriguez

American musician (1942–2023)

*July 10th, 1942, Detroit †August 8th, 2023, Detroit

80

Alain Krivine

French politician

*July 10th, 1941, Paris †March 12th, 2022, Paris

33

Elena Runggaldier

Italian ski jumper

*July 10th, 1990, Bolzano

98

Mahathir Mohamad

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

*July 10th, 1925, Alor Setar

85

Alain Mérieux

French businessman

*July 10th, 1938, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

31

Clara Luciani

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

*July 10th, 1992, Martigues

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

67

Ronnie James Dio

American heavy metal singer (1942–2010)

*July 10th, 1942, Portsmouth †May 16th, 2010, Houston

52

Astrid Crabo

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1971, Täby

72

Rajnath Singh

Indian politician

*July 10th, 1951, Chandauli district

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City

65

Fiona Shaw

Irish actress (born 1958)

*July 10th, 1958, County Cork

72

Phyllis Smith

American actress

*July 10th, 1951, Lemay

46

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Britain actor (born 1977)

*July 10th, 1977, Forest Gate

83

Mills Watson

Actor

*July 10th, 1940, Oakland

28

Yugo Kobayashi

Badminton player

*July 10th, 1995, Miyagi Prefecture

27

Saori Ozaki

Japanese badminton player

*July 10th, 1996, Saitama Prefecture

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Born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

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No: With 365 days 1939 is a normal year and no leap year.

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