July 10th in History

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July 10th in History

1900: Paris subway, the Metro, opens
1962: Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches
1985: Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor
1986: Israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps

July 10th birthdays

1509: John Calvin, French religious reformer
1871: Marcel Proust, French psychological novelist