Scopes trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. Date: July 10, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This…

Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, is assassinated by the IRA. Date: July 10, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)

Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record. Date: July 10, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain. Date: July 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10…

World War II: The Vichy government is established in France. Date: July 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne. Date: July 10, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics. Date: July 10, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On…

World War II: Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, begins. Date: July 10, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. Date: July 10, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)

The official establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).: 121 Date: July 10, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)