THURSDAY, July 10, 2025

1932-Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22{-MARKER-}

1940-Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel

1957-First Pugwash Conference, the "Thinkers Lodge" held on nuclear disarmament at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, founded by Joseph Rotblat and hosted by Cyrus Eaton

1979-Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)

1985-French foreign intelligence agents blow up the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor, New Zealand, to prevent it interfering with French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira is killed.

1991-Boris Yeltsin sworn in as the first elected President of the Russian Federation

2012-Roadside car bomb kills 14 civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province

2012-The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages