Nikola Tesla Day

On July 10, in the year 0, Nikola Tesla Day. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of July 10, a notable event in this corner of history.

Nikola Tesla is portrayed in many forms of popular culture. The Serbian-American engineer has particularly been depicted in science fiction, a genre which is well suited to address his inventions; while often exaggerated, the fictionalized variants build mostly upon his own alleged claims or ideas. A popular, growing fixation among science fiction, comic book, and speculative history storytellers is to portray Tesla as a member of a secret society, along with other luminaries of science. The impacts of the technologies invented by Nikola Tesla are a recurring theme in the steampunk genre of alternate technology science-fiction.

Key Facts

This event took place on July 10, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 11 April 2026.

On This Date in History

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2025	Jul 10	David Gergen, American political consultant (born 1942)
Notable Births	2024	Jul 10	Moo Deng, Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 10	Joe Engle, American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 10	Alex Janvier, Native American Artist (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jul 10	Dave Loggins, American musician (born 1947)
Notable Deaths	2022	Jul 10	Maurice Boucher, Canadian outlaw biker (born 1953)
Notable Deaths	2020	Jul 10	Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (born 1992)
Notable Deaths	2020	Jul 10	Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
Historical Events	2019	Jul 10	The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be…
Notable Deaths	2019	Jul 10	Denise Nickerson, American former child actress known for playing Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate…
Historical Events	2018	Jul 10	Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after…
Notable Deaths	2018	Jul 10	Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (born 1917)
Selected Events	2018	Jul 10	The last members of a junior association football team and their coach were rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a…
Historical Events	2017	Jul 10	Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of…
Historical Events	2016	Jul 10	Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.
Notable Deaths	2016	Jul 10	Katharina Focke, German politician (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 10	Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1944)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 10	Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jul 10	Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 10	Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 10	Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 10	Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 10	Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1912)
Notable Deaths	2014	Jul 10	Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 10	Philip Caldwell, American businessman (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 10	Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 10	Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (born 1958)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 10	Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 10	Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (born 1956)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jul 10	Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (born 1922)
Historical Events	2012	Jul 10	The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 10	Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 10	Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 10	Berthe Meijer, German-Dutch journalist and author (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 10	Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (born 1919)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jul 10	Viktor Suslin, Russian-German composer (born 1942)
Historical Events	2011	Jul 10	Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
Historical Events	2011	Jul 10	Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World…
Notable Deaths	2011	Jul 10	Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano and educator (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2011	Jul 10	Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (born 1924)
Selected Events	2011	Jul 10	The last edition of the British tabloid News of the World was published, closing due to allegations that it hacked the…
Selected Events	2011	Jul 10	The Russian river cruise liner Bulgaria was caught in a storm in Tatarstan on the Volga River and sank in several…
Notable Deaths	2009	Jul 10	Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (born 1917)
Historical Events	2008	Jul 10	Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
Notable Deaths	2008	Jul 10	Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2008	Jul 10	Mike Souchak, American golfer (born 1927)
Historical Events	2007	Jul 10	Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
Historical Events	2007	Jul 10	The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants.
Notable Births	2007	Jul 10	Mason Thames, American actor
Notable Deaths	2007	Jul 10	Abdul Rashid Ghazi, chancellor of Faridia University. (born 1964)