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100 years anniversary | ||||
10 Jul 1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz: Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73 | |||
10 Jul 1924 | Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim | |||
10 Jul 1924 | Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam | |||
10 Jul 1924 | Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach | |||
10 Jul 1924 | Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
10 Jul 1949 | Dave Smally: Rocker (Raspberries) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Mark Shera: Bayonne, New Jersey -- Actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Ronnie James Dio: Rocker (Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Wally Bryson: North Carolina, United States -- Rock guitarist / vocalist (Fotomaker, Raspberries) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced - Toledo, Ohio | |||
10 Jul 1949 | WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (d. 2012) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (d. 2004) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | WW2 | Hiroshi Nemoto arrived at Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China. | ||
10 Jul 1949 | birth Dave Smalley, The Young Rascals, (1967 US No.1 and UK No.8 single 'Groovin'). The Raspberries, (1972 US N.5 single 'Go All The Way'). | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Mark Shera Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | Ronnie James rocker (Dio-Holy Diver) | |||
10 Jul 1949 | 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
10 Jul 1974 | Idalmis Marina Vidal: Miss Florida USA (1996) | |||
10 Jul 1974 | Jennifer Montica Curry: Muscatine, Iowa -- Miss America - Iowa (1996) | |||
10 Jul 1974 | OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands | |||
10 Jul 1974 | Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter | |||
10 Jul 1974 | David Bowie played the first of five dates at The Tower Theatre in Philadelphia the recordings of which made up the 'David Live' album released later that year. | |||
10 Jul 1974 | birth Imelda May, Irish singer who has worked with Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour. | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
10 Jul 1999 |
death Aaron "Bunny" Lapin Died 10 Jul 1999 at age 85 (born 5 Jan 1914). American inventor of Reddi-Wip, whipped cream dessert topping in a spray can (1948). First sold by St. Louis milkmen, its distribution expanded quickly across N. America during America's postwar desire for convenience. Lapin became known as the Whipped Cream King. Lapin established Clayton Corp. to made his own valves for the can. He was issued U.S. patent 2,704,172 on 10 Mar 1955 for the valve. Clayton now also makes industrial valves, closures, caulk, adhesives and foamed plastic products such as insulation and cushioning materials. In 1998, Time listed Reddi-wip as one of the century's 100 great consumer items, along with the pop-top can and Spam. Reddi-Wip is now a brand of ConAgra's Beatrice Food. |
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20 years anniversary | ||||
10 Jul 2004 | Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1922) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
10 Jul 2014 | On Kawara, Japanese-American painter (b. 1933) | |||
10 Jul 2014 | Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918) | |||
10 Jul 2014 | Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (b. 1939) | |||
10 Jul 2014 | Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1912) |