Significant Historical Events Mark July 10

From the Battle of Britain to the launch of Telstar, July 10 is a day of notable milestones.

The Battle of Britain began on July 10, 1940, with the German Luftwaffe attacking southern England.
John Scopes' trial for teaching evolution started on this day in 1925, a landmark event in the debate between science and religion.
Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite, was launched by NASA on July 10, 1962.
In 1985, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk by French agents in New Zealand, resulting in one death.
Boris Yeltsin was inaugurated as the first elected president of the Russian republic on July 10, 1991.