07-09-2004, 08:40 PM
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July 10th
48 BC ~ Julius Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat to Pompey at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1509 ~ Birthday of John Calvin, Reformer.
1789 ~ Alexander Mackenzie reached Mackenzie River Delta.
1856 ~ Birthday of Nikola Tesla, Physicist, Mathematician, Inventor, and Electrical Engineer.
1903 ~ Birthday of John Wyndham, Author.
1920 ~ Birthday of David Brinkley, television reporter.
1940 ~ The Luftwaffe began to attack British convoys in the English Channel, opening the Battle of Britain.
1962 ~ Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, was launched into orbit.
1985 ~ The Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbor by French DGSE agents.
1989 ~ Death of Mel Blanc, Voice Actor.
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