MONDAY, July 10, 2023

1866 ― Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, MA

1886 ― Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white

calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)

1890 ― Wyoming becomes 44th state

1892 ― First concrete-paved street built (Bellefontaine, Ohio)

1918 ― Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic established

1923 ― Italian government dissolves all non-fascist parties

1929 ― U.S. issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency

1933 ― First police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY

1940 ― Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces commence bombing raids

1943 ― Allied forces invade Sicily in WWII

1949 ― First practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, OH

1951 ― Armistice talks to end Korean conflict begin at Kaesong

1958 ― First parking meters installed in England (625 installed)

1985 ― Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke