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What happened on July 10 in American history
July 10 is the 191st day of the year (the 192nd in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from July 10 spanning 1832 to 1962. Among them: in 1832, Jackson kills the Bank recharter; the largest monied corporation on Earth loses its grip on the Treasury; and in 1890, Harrison signs Wyoming into the Union; women's suffrage comes with it.
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Jackson kills the Bank recharter; the largest monied corporation on Earth loses its grip on the Treasury
Despite $250,000 spent lobbying Congress, Nicholas Biddle cannot save the charter; Jackson calls the Bank a monopoly bending government to "the selfish purposes" of the rich.
1890
Harrison signs Wyoming into the Union; women's suffrage comes with it
The 44th state enters with its suffrage provision intact, approved by voters 6,272 to 1,903 last November, a condition Congress had to accept whole or not at all.
1938Member story · 1776 Club
Hughes lifts off from New York; four men and a Lockheed 14 aim to circle the earth
The record to beat stands at nearly eight days; Hughes carries the latest radio and navigation gear on a twin-engine Super Electra.
1942
Navy pilot spots a downed Zero on Akutan Island; the U.S. has its first intact enemy fighter
Bill Thies, flying a PBY, finds Petty Officer Koga's crashed Zero upside down in the mud, a month after it went down during the Dutch Harbor attack.
1943Member story · 1776 Club
Allied forces storm Sicily; Eisenhower sends seven divisions ashore through a gale
Wind scatters the 82nd Airborne across the southeast of the island before the first shot is fired, as American, British, and Canadian troops hit the beaches.
1962
AT&T's Telstar 1 rides a Delta rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral
The 88-centimeter sphere is now circling Earth; AT&T says it is built to carry live television across the Atlantic.
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