EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 10
Friday, July 10, 2026
Day 190 of 2026 | Week 28 | 169 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
The final Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico; the last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after being stuck there for 18 days; one Thai Navy SEAL diver dies during the rescue mission.
Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.
Portugal defeats France in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final to win their first European title.
The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in the Volga River near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
Amid widespread backlash to revelations of phone hacking, the British weekly tabloid newspaper News of the World publishes its final issue and shuts down after nearly 168 years in print.
Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations tribunal.
Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
A Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Multan International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Avon Park
American actor (24)
Greek politician
American power pop guitarist and bassist (Raspberries - "Go All The Way"; "Tonight")
American pop musician ("The Break-Up Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"; "Jeopardy")
American R&B singer (McFadden & Whitehead - "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now")
American actor (SWAT; Barnaby Jones)
American film producer (The Times of Harvey Milk)
British photographer and graphic designer
American actress (Lolita
American Major League Baseball left fielder (Cincinnati Reds
French screenwriter and director (The Visitors
British football broadcaster (10 x FIFA World Cups; 10 x UEFA European C'ships; 29 x FA Cup finals; BBC
Slovak violinist
American actor (Barney Miller
🎯 yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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