Birthdays for July the 10th:
1509 - John Calvin, theologian
1723 - Sir William Blackstone, English jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries).
1792 - George Mifflin Dallas, (D), 11th VP (1845-49).
1834 - James Whistler, artist, mama's boy
1856 - Nikola Tesla, physicist who developed alternating current.
1867 - Finley Peter Dunne, journalist, humorist, created Mr. Dooley.
1871 - Marcel Proust, French novelist (Remembrance of Things Past).
1888 - Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter.
1915 - Saul Bellow, US novelist (Herzog, Dangling Man) (Nobel 1976).
1920 - Owen Chamberlain, codiscoverer of the antiproton (Nobel 1959).
1920 - David Brinkley, newscaster (NBC, ABC).
1921 - Jake LaMotta, Boxer
1926 - Fred Gwynne, Herman Munster
1931 - Del Insko, harness racer.
1933 - Jerry Herman, Broadway composer
1942 - Pyotr I. Klimuk, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30).
1943 - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro.
1945 - Virginia Wade, tennis star
1946 - Sue Lyon, in Iowa
1947 - Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans).