July 10 - This Day in History

July 10 : General Interest
1925: Monkey Trial begins

In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law... read more


American Revolution
1777 : British General Richard Prescott captured in Rhode Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-general-richard-prescott-captured-in-rhode-island


Automotive
1962 : U.S. Patent issued for three-point seatbelt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-patent-issued-for-three-point-seatbelt


Civil War
1863 : Siege on Battery Wagner begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/siege-on-battery-wagner-begins


Cold War
1990 : Gorbachev re-elected as head of Communist Party
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gorbachev-re-elected-as-head-of-communist-party


Crime
1992 : The Exxon Valdez captain's conviction is overturned
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-exxon-valdez-captains-conviction-is-overturned


Disaster
1887 : Dam collapses in Switzerland, kills 70
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dam-collapses-in-switzerland-kills-70


General Interest
1943 : Allies land on Sicily
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-land-on-sicily

1985 : The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-sinking-of-the-irainbow-warriori


Hollywood
1995 : Hugh Grant appears on Tonight Show after Hollywood arrest
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hugh-grant-appears-on-tonight-show-after-hollywood-arrest


Literary
1931 : Alice Munro is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alice-munro-is-born


Music
1941 : Jazz great Jelly Roll Morton dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jazz-great-jelly-roll-morton-dies


Old West
1889 : "Buckskin" Frank Leslie murders a prostitute
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/buckskin-frank-leslie-murders-a-prostitute


Presidential
1850 : Millard Fillmore sworn in as president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/millard-fillmore-sworn-in-as-president


Sports
1999 : U.S. women win World Cup
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-women-win-world-cup


Vietnam War
1965 : MiGs shot down as bombing of North Vietnam continues
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/migs-shot-down-as-bombing-of-north-vietnam-continues

1967 : Heavy fighting continues near An Loc and the Central Highlands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-fighting-continues-near-an-loc-and-the-central-highlands


World War I
1917 : German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg resigns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-chancellor-theobald-von-bethmann-hollweg-resigns


World War II
1940 : The Battle of Britain begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins