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• 1997 - London, scientists reported their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an " African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

Another candidate:

• 1985 - Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

-- PFHLai 00:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC) reply

Here's one for today's date:

• 1999 – The United States defeated China in women's football to win the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. MuZemike 02:57, 10 July 2009 (UTC) reply

July 10th is the birth anniversary of great inventor Nikolla Tesla(1856-1943) Also,Global Energy Independence Day for Clean Green alternative energy/Please remeber! Thanks! Edsonbrasil ( talk) 01:57, 25 September 2009 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: William the Silent (ineligible—maintenance); Vellore Mutiny; Battle of Britain; Chicago Freedom Movement; Seveso disaster (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Battle of Langport (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Bloody Sunday (1921) (first appearance); Jedwabne pogrom (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Telstar (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible; 50th anniversary); John Paul Getty III (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 18:05, 9 July 2012 (UTC) reply

• New articles (unused): Prince of Ning rebellion ( recently appeared on DYK)
• Omitted: Battle of Langport; Bloody Sunday (1921); Meher Baba; Jedwabne pogrom; Telstar (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Fort William College (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Death Valley National Park (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 100th anniversary); Akutan Zero (first appearance); News International phone hacking scandal (first appearance)
• Repeats: John Paul Getty III (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 06:31, 9 July 2013 (UTC) reply

• New articles (unused): Battle of Northampton (1460)
• Omitted: Fort William College; Death Valley National Park; Akutan Zero; John Paul Getty III; News International phone hacking scandal
• Included: Prince of Ning rebellion (first appearance); Lady Jane Grey (4th appearance, last in 2010); Vellore Mutiny (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Britain (7th appearance, last in 2011); Chicago Freedom Movement (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 09:58, 9 July 2014 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Prince of Ning rebellion; Lady Jane Grey; Vellore Mutiny; Battle of Britain; Chicago Freedom Movement
• Included: Battle of Northampton (1460) (first appearance); Fort William College (4th appearance, last in 2013); Meher Baba (6th appearance, last in 2012); Jedwabne pogrom (4th appearance, last in 2012); Telstar (6th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)

— howcheng { chat} 06:25, 8 July 2015 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Battle of Northampton (1460); Fort William College; Meher Baba; Telstar
• Included: Battle of Langport (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Vellore mutiny (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Bloody Sunday (1921) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); News International phone hacking scandal (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Jedwabne pogrom (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 75th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 11:59, 9 July 2016 (UTC) 4/5 articles on this day are related to Britain. 27.66.130.72 ( talk) 15:56, 9 July 2016 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Northampton (1460) (maintenance); Telstar (maintenance)
• Omitted: Silence Day (ineligible—maintenance); The Bahamas (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Langport; Vellore mutiny; Bloody Sunday (1921); Jedwabne pogrom
• Included: Prince of Ning rebellion (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Fort William College (5th appearance, last in 2015); Akutan Zero (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Chicago Freedom Movement (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Hadrian (first appearance); Nikola Tesla (first appearance); Eunice Kennedy Shriver (first appearance)
• Repeats: News International phone hacking scandal (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 03:44, 10 July 2017 (UTC) reply

The current image of the Zhengde Emperor that is being used to illustrate the rebellion is low quality and doesn't render well at thumbnail sizes. How about using File:明武宗画像.jpg in the future? The focus on the face means it works better at small sizes. -- diff ( talk) 14:29, 10 July 2017 (UTC) reply

 Done. — howcheng { chat} 16:13, 10 July 2017 (UTC) reply

• New articles (unused): Eva Ekeblad
• Omitted: Prince of Ning rebellion; Fort William College; Akutan Zero; Chicago Freedom Movement; News International phone hacking scandal; Hadrian; Nikola Tesla; Eunice Kennedy Shriver
• Included: Lady Jane Grey (5th appearance, last in 2014); Vellore mutiny (4th appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Britain (8th appearance, last in 2014); John Paul Getty III (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Bulgaria (ship) (first appearance); Camille Pissarro (first appearance); Ima Hogg (first appearance); Calogero Vizzini (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 16:13, 10 July 2018 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Eunice Kennedy Shriver (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ( TFA for 2019)
• New articles (unused): Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo
• Omitted: Lady Jane Grey; Vellore mutiny; Battle of Britain; John Paul Getty III; Bulgaria (ship); Camille Pissarro; Ima Hogg; Calogero Vizzini
• Included: Prince of Ning rebellion (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 1500th anniversary); Battle of Langport (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Furnace Creek, California (first appearance; blurb previously featured Death Valley, which remains ineligible, and is making its 3rd appearance, last in 2005); Meher Baba (6th appearance, last in 2016); Jedwabne pogrom (6th appearance, last in 2016); 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final/ 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup (both: first appearance; 20th anniversary; should not have appeared as FWWC article was TFA on July 7, but I was out of the country so oh well); Joan Terès i Borrull (first appearance); Eva Ekeblad (first appearance); Ed Lowe (businessman) (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 18:24, 17 July 2019 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
• Omitted: Battle of Langport; Furnace Creek, California; Meher Baba; Jedwabne pogrom; 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final/ 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup; Joan Terès i Borrull; Eva Ekeblad
• Included: The Bahamas (rescued from Ineligible); Fort William College (6th appearance, last in 2017); Bloody Sunday (1921) (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Britain (9th appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); John Paul Getty III (4th appearance, last in 2018); Ladislaus IV of Hungary (first appearance); Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo (first appearance)
• Repeats: Prince of Ning rebellion (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Ed Lowe (businessman) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 100th birthday)

— howcheng { chat} 18:44, 11 July 2020 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Prince of Ning rebellion; Fort William College; Battle of Britain; John Paul Getty III; Ladislaus IV of Hungary; Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo; Ed Lowe (businessman)
• Included: Lady Jane Grey (6th appearance, last in 2018); Vellore mutiny (5th appearance, last in 2018); Jedwabne pogrom (7th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Tham Luang cave rescue (first appearance); Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (first appearance); Camille Pissarro (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Eunice Kennedy Shriver (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th birthday; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Bloody Sunday (1921) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 100th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 00:31, 12 July 2021 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Lady Jane Grey; Vellore mutiny; Bloody Sunday (1921); Jedwabne pogrom; Tham Luang cave rescue; Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham; Camille Pissarro; Eunice Kennedy Shriver
• Included: Treaty of Tagilde (first appearance; 950th anniversary); Battle of Langport (4th appearance, last in 2019); Akutan Zero (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); News International phone hacking scandal (4th appearance, last in 2017); Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (first appearance); Ima Hogg (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Berthe Meijer (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 05:51, 11 July 2022 (UTC) reply