Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On July 10, 1962, Telstar 1 reached orbit and soon relayed the first live television pictures across the Atlantic.
On a July afternoon in 1913, a thermometer in Death Valley hit 134°F — still the world record more than a century later.
Born during a midnight thunderstorm on July 10, 1856, Tesla grew into the engineer who helped wire the world for alternating current.
