July 10 is:
Teddy Bear Picnic Day
Pick Blueberries Day
National Piña Colada Day
Birthday of John Calvin (July 10, 1509), Protestant theologian and reformer.
Alexander Mackenzie reached the Mackenzie River delta in 1789.
The first US frigate, the “United States,” was launched in Philadelphia on July 10, 1797.
The United States took possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain in 1821.
Birthday of Camille Pissarro (July 10, 1830), Danish-French Impressionist. See Wikiart for samples of his works.
Birthday of Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856), Croatian scientist who designed and built the first alternating current induction motor in 1883.
Wyoming Statehood Day 1890 forty-fourth state
- Bird: Meadowlark
- Flower: Indian paintbrush
- Tree: Cottonwood
- Capital: Cheyenne
- Nickname: Equality State/Cowboy State
- Motto: Equal rights
See our page on Wyoming for more interesting facts and trivia.
On July 10, 1913, Death Valley, California hit 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins on July 10, 1925 with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
From Today in Science
Edward H Lowe Born 10 Jul 1920; died 4 Oct 1995 at age 75.
American inventor of Kitty Litter. After Navy duty (1941-45), Lowe joined his father’s company in Cassopolis, Mich., selling industrial absorbents, including sawdust and an absorbent clay called Fuller’s Earth. In 1947, Lowe suggested the use of the clay instead of ashes for his neighbor’s cat’s box to avoid sooty paw prints. It worked well and Lowe thought other cat owners would use this new cat-box filler. He filled ten brown bags with clay, wrote the name “Kitty Litter” on them and began selling it through the local pet store. By 1990, his marketing effort had grown into a clay mining and consumer product business, the largest U.S. producer of cat-box filler, now improved, 99% dust free, and sanitized against odor-causing bacteria. He held 67 US and foreign patents.