So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

July 10th


- Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973
- Silence Day (Followers of Meher Baba)
- Statehood Day (Wyoming)

July 10th


- 2008 - Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
- 2006 - Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan, shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.
- 2005 - Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
- 2003 - A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.
- 2002 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
- 2000 - A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.
- 2000 - EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
- 1998 - Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.
- 1997 - In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- 1997 - Partido Popular (Spain) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
- 1992 - In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
- 1991 - The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
- 1985 - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
- 1980 - Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
- 1978 - World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- 1978 - President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
- 1976 - The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.
- 1976 - One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
- 1973 - The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1973 - National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
- 1971 - Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'état, which lasts until June 11.
- 1968 - Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1967 - Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1966 - The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people came to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary.
- 1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
- 1951 - Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
- 1947 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
- 1943 - World War II: The launching of Operation Husky begins the Italian Campaign.
- 1942 - Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1941 - Jedwabne Pogrom: the massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.
- 1940 - World War II: the Vichy government is established in France.
- 1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain – The German Luftwaffe begins attacking British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
- 1938 - Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.
- 1925 - Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
- 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
- 1921 - Belfast's Bloody Sunday: 16 people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1913 - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
- 1890 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- 1877 - The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
- 1859 - Big Ben rings for the first time. [first strike on July 11, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5801737/Big-Ben-celebrates-150th-anniversary.html]
- 1850 - Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term.
- 1832 - U.S.President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1821 - The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 1806 - The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- 1789 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
- 1778 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1645 - English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
- 1584 - William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
- 1553 - Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
- 1499 - Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon, after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
- 1460 - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
- 1212 - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
- 988 - The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.
- 138 - Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
- -48 - Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.

July 10th


- 1985 - B.J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
- 1985 - Mario Gómez, German-Spanish footballer
- 1984 - Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Miss World 2004
- 1983 - Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
- 1983 - Kim Heechul, Korean singer
- 1983 - Matthew Egan, Australian rules footballer
- 1982 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
- 1982 - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
- 1981 - Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1980 - Han Eun-jeong, South Korean actress
- 1980 - Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
- 1980 - Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer and songwriter
- 1980 - Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
- 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
- 1979 - Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
- 1978 - Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New)
- 1977 - Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler
- 1977 - Gwendoline Yeo, American actress
- 1976 - Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy)
- 1976 - Adrian Grenier, American actor
- 1976 - Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
- 1976 - Lars Ricken, German footballer
- 1976 - Brendon Lade, Australian rules footballer
- 1976 - Edmílson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 - Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
- 1975 - Andrew Firestone, American TV reality show personality
- 1974 - Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
- 1973 - Annie Mumolo, American actress
- 1972 - Peter Serafinowicz, British comedian and actor
- 1972 - Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress
- 1972 - Tilo Wolff, German musician (Lacrimosa)
- 1971 - Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 - Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer
- 1971 - Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
- 1970 - Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
- 1970 - Adam Hills, Australian comedian
- 1970 - Gary LeVox, American singer (Rascal Flatts)
- 1970 - Jason Orange, UK pop singer and dancer (Take That)
- 1970 - John Simm, British actor
- 1969 - Gale Harold, American actor
- 1969 - Alexandra Hedison, American actress
- 1969 - Jamie Glover, British actor
- 1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
- 1968 - Jonathan Gilbert, American actor
- 1967 - Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
- 1967 - Silvetty Montilla, Brazilian drag queen
- 1966 - Gina Bellman, British actress
- 1966 - Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1966 - Christian Stangl, Austrian mountaineer
- 1965 - Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian
- 1965 - Ken Mellons, American singer
- 1965 - Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
- 1965 - Scott McCarron, American professional golfer
- 1964 - Urban Meyer, American football coach
- 1964 - Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
- 1963 - Richard Waites, British actor
- 1961 - Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor
- 1959 - Ellen Kuras, American cinematographer
- 1958 - Béla Fleck, American musician
- 1958 - Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
- 1957 - Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war/political activist
- 1956 - Tom McClintock, American politician
- 1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
- 1954 - Andre Dawson, American baseball player
- 1953 - Zoogz Rift, singer/songwriter and wrestling booker
- 1953 - Rik Emmett, Canadian musician (Triumph)
- 1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
- 1952 - Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer
- 1952 - Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
- 1951 - Phyllis Smith, American actress
- 1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
- 1950 - Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greek politician
- 1949 - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
- 1949 - Anna Czerwi?ska, Polish mountaineer
- 1949 - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
- 1949 - Greg Kihn, American pop musician & radio personality
- 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, American musician
- 1946 - Sue Lyon, American actress
- 1945 - John Motson, British sports (football) commentator
- 1945 - Jean-Marie Poiré, French film director
- 1945 - Virginia Wade, British tennis player
- 1945 - Ron Glass, American actor
- 1945 - Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist
- 1943 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993)
- 1942 - Ronnie James Dio, American musician (d. 2010)
- 1942 - Pyotr Klimuk, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1941 - David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist
- 1941 - Ian Whitcomb, English songwriter, entertainer and producer
- 1940 - Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, British economist
- 1940 - Helen Donath, American soprano
- 1940 - Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur
- 1939 - Ahmet Taner K??lal?, Turkish politician, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
- 1938 - Paul Andreu, French architect
- 1938 - Lee Morgan, American hard-bop trumpeter (d. 1972)
- 1935 - Tura Satana, American actress
- 1934 - Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer
- 1932 - Carlo Mario Abate, Italian racing driver
- 1931 - Nick Adams, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1931 - Alice Munro, Canadian writer
- 1931 - Jerry Herman, American composer and lyricist
- 1930 - Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician
- 1928 - Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli Bible scholar
- 1928 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (d. 2003)
- 1928 - Bernard Buffet, French painter (d. 1999)
- 1927 - Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician
- 1927 - Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actor (d. 2003)
- 1927 - David Norman Dinkins, New York City Mayor, 1990-1993
- 1926 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1924 - Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1924 - Johnny Bach, American basketball coach
- 1923 - Earl Hamner Jr., American author and television producer
- 1923 - Jean Kerr, American author (d. 2003)
- 1923 - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987)
- 1923 - John Bradley, American Navy corpsman (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Jake LaMotta, American boxer
- 1921 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist (d. 2009)
- 1920 - David Brinkley, American television reporter (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Don Herbert, American television host (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Joe Shuster, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1992)
- 1913 - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985)
- 1909 - Donald Sinclair, British hotel manager (d. 1981)
- 1905 - Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1905 - Wolfram Sievers, Nazi physician (d. 1948)
- 1903 - John Wyndham, British author (d. 1969)
- 1903 - Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (d. 1989)
- 1902 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- 1900 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox priest (d. 1979)
- 1900 - Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (d. 1993)
- 1899 - John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936)
- 1899 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
- 1897 - Karl Plagge, German officer (d. 1957)
- 1897 - Jack "Legs" Diamond", American bootlegger (d. 1931)
- 1896 - Thérèse Casgrain, French Canadian politician and senator (d. 1981)
- 1895 - Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982)
- 1888 - Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
- 1883 - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
- 1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator (d. 1955)
- 1874 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
- 1871 - Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922)
- 1867 - Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
- 1864 - Austin Chapman, Australian policitian (d. 1926)
- 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Serb-American inventor (d. 1943)
- 1839 - Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913)
- 1835 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880)
- 1832 - Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1897)
- 1830 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
- 1809 - Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (d. 1889)
- 1804 - Emma Smith, American religious figure (d. 1879)
- 1802 - Robert Chambers, Scottish author and naturalist (d. 1871)
- 1792 - George Mifflin Dallas, American politician (d. 1864)
- 1736 - Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
- 1723 - William Blackstone, English jurist (d. 1780)
- 1711 - Princess Amelia of Great Britain (d. 1783)
- 1682 - Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719)
- 1682 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716)
- 1666 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (d. 1711)
- 1638 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
- 1625 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
- 1614 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)
- 1592 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
- 1517 - Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (d. 1571)
- 1509 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564)
- 1452 - King James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
- 1419 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)