On July 10
On July 10, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Apple's App Store launches the app economy (2008).
On this day
On 10 July 2008 Apple opened the App Store with around 500 applications, providing a single, curated platform where outside developers could distribute software directly to iPhone users and share in the revenue.
Also this week in history (Jul 7 – Jul 13)
Full-scale war between China and Japan erupted after the Marco Polo Bridge (Lugou Bridge) Incident near Beijing on 7 July 1937, when a clash between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a Japanese invasion of the Chinese heartland.
The inaugural FIFA World Cup, the first global international association football tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), was held in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930.
In July 1995, during the final stages of the Bosnian War, units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under General Ratko Mladic overran the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, which the United Nations had declared a 'safe area'…
The African Union (AU) was formally launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, succeeding the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) that had been founded in 1963.
On 17 January 1893 a Committee of Safety dominated by American and European business interests, backed by the landing of US Marines from the USS Boston ordered by minister John L.