Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 10
July 10: Independence Day in the Bahamas (1973), National Day of Commemoration in Ireland (2005)
- 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
- 1584 - William the Silent, the Prince of Orange, was assassinated at his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.
- 1913 - Death Valley, California hit 134 °F (~56.7 °C) which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2004).
- 1985 - After a storm of controversy surrounding a change in its cola's formula, Coca-Cola re-introduced the old formula as "Coca-Cola Classic."
- 1998 - Catholic priests' sex abuse scandal: The Diocese of Dallas agreed to pay USD 23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.