August 10
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[edit] Births
- 1267 - James II of Aragon (died 1327)
- 1397 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1520 - Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)
- 1821 - Jay Cooke, financier (died 1905)
- 1845 - Abai Kunanbaev, Kazak poet (died 1904)
- 1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet (died 1943)
- 1872 - Bill Johnson, jazz musician (died 1972)
- 1874 - Herbert Hoover, President of the United States (died 1964)
- 1877 - Frank Marshall, chess player (died 1944)
- 1878 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (died 1957)
- 1880 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas
- 1898 - Jack Haley, actor (died 1979)
- 1900 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete
- 1902 - Norma Shearer, actress (died 1983)
- 1902 - Curt Siodmak, science fiction author (died 2000)
- 1909 - Leo Fender, American luthier
- 1912 - Jorge Amado, novelist
- 1913 - Wolfgang Paul, physicist (died 1993)
- 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, actress
- 1928 - Jimmy Dean, country and western singer
- 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, singer, (Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
- 1943 - Ronnie Spector, singer, lead singer of the Ronettes
- 1947 - Ian Anderson, musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1959 - Rosanna Arquette, actress
- 1960 - Antonio Banderas, actor
- 1963 - Andrew Sullivan, journalist
- 1965 - Claudia Christian, actress
- 1965 - Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- 1965 - John Starks, basketball player
- 1967 - Riddick Bowe, boxer
- 1967 - Lorraine Pearson, musician (Five Star)
- 1971 - Justin Theroux, actor
- 1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- 1972 - Angie Harmon, model and actress
[edit] Deaths
- 1969 - Leno and Rosemary LaBianca
[edit] Events
- 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.
- AD 955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
- 1492 - Alexander VI is elected Pope.
- 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's 5 ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
- 1680 - Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
- 1792 - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.
- 1809 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain.
- 1821 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
- 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist Joseph Smithson.
- 1856 - In Louisiana, a hurricane kills about 400 people.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek - The war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
- 1893 - At Augsburg, Rudolf Diesel's prime model runs on its own power for the first time. Because of this, August 10 is the International Biodiesel Day.
- 1913 - Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
- 1920 - World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sevres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
- 1932 - A 5.1 kg chondrite type meteorite broke into at least seven pieces and struck earth near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri, USA.
- 1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
- 1948 - Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
- 1949 - US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Bill, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the United States Department of Defense.
- 1954 - At Massena, New York, the ground breaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
- 1969 - A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
- 1977 - In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over a year's period.
- 1981 - The head of John Walsh's son Adam is found in Hollywood, Florida. This event will later prompt the United States Congress to pass the Missing Children's Act, giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation greater authority to track the disappearance of children. It also makes Walsh a national spokesman against crime and eventually leads to the establishment of America's Most Wanted.
- 1988 - Japanese American Internment: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II.
- 1990 - The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
- 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony.
- 2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in England, 38.5°C, occurs in Kent.
