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Historical events & facts — July 10
What happened on July 10?
On July 10, 1940, the German Luftwaffe launched the first phase of the Battle of Britain, the air campaign aimed at destroying the RAF and paving the way for an invasion of Britain. For four months, British pilots — many of them Polish, Czech and from other nationalities — resisted the bombing. Churchill immortalised them: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
On July 10, 1973, The Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom, becoming the 32nd sovereign nation in the Americas. The archipelago of 700 islands and cays in the North Atlantic retained the British monarch as head of state as a constitutional monarchy. Lynden Pindling, who had fought for independence for decades, became its first Prime Minister.
On July 10, 1962, NASA launched Telstar 1, the first active commercial communications satellite, which transmitted the first live television images across the Atlantic between Europe and America. The signal was picked up by stations in Maine, Great Britain and France. Telstar inaugurated the era of global satellite communications.
Notable birthdays — July 10
Famous people born on July 10
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám
Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister and temporary Minister of Finance of the second counter-revolutionary government in Szeged for one month in 1919. His government commissioned Miklós Horthy to Supreme Commander of the National Army.
Wolfram Sievers
Wolfram Sievers was a Nazi and convicted war criminal for medical atrocities carried out while he was managing director of the Ahnenerbe from 1935–1945. He was convicted of war crimes in the Doctors' Trial in 1947 and executed by hanging in 1948.
Cyril Grant
Cyril Grant was an English professional footballer. He was born in Wath, Yorkshire.
Ernest Bertrand Boland
Ernest Bertrand Boland OP was an American Roman Catholic bishop.
José Vicente Rangel
José Vicente Rangel Vale was a Venezuelan politician. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2002, and as the vice president from 2002 to 2007.
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