What happened on August 10? There are more than 269 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About August 10
August 10 is the 223rd day of the year 2024. There are 143 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 32nd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Thousandsticks, Kentucky 41766 sunrise will occur at 06:45 AM and sunset will occur at 08:32 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Peridot while the mystical birthstone is Diamond.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 172 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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August 10: A Day In History
The term ‘the 10th of August’is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it is restored in 1814.
Historical Events For August 10
- 955Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
- 991Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
- 1270Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
- 1316The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
- 1519Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan’s death in the Philippines.
- 1557Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
- 1628The Swedish warship ship sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
- 1675The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
- 1680The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
- 1755Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1776American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
- 1792French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace – Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
- 1793The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
- 1809Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- 1813Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile’s oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means “Work conquers all things”.
- 1821Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
- 1846The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
- 1861American 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.
- 1901The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
- 1904Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- 1905Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- 1913Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
- 1920World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI’s representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
- 1932A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
- 1944World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
- 1948Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
- 1949U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
- 1954At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
- 1961First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
- 1969A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
- 1971The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
- 1977In 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 the period of one year.
- 1978Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- 1981Murder of Adam Walsh: the head of John Walsh’s son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America’s Most Wanted.
- 1988Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
- 1990More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
- 1990The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
- 1993An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
- 1995Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
- 1998HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
- 2003The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – 38.5 °C in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F.
- 2003Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
- 2006Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States.
- 2009Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.
Who Were Born On August 10?
- 1267King James II of Aragon (d. 1327)
- 1296King John of Bohemia (d. 1346)
- 1360Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)
- 1397Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)
- 1489Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)
- 1520Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of the Scots, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)
- 1560Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)
- 1602Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
- 1645Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)
- 1737Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)
- 1744Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754)
- 1805Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian literary critic (d. 1875)
- 1809John Kirk Townsend, American naturalist (d. 1851)
- 1810Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Italian diplomat and politician (d. 1861)
- 1814Henri Nestlé, Swiss industrialist (d. 1890)
- 1821Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)
- 1823Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. 1886)
- 1827Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician (d. 1870)
- 1839Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896)
- 1845Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (d. 1904)
- 1856William Willett, English daylight saving time advocate (d. 1915)
- 1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musicologist (d. 1936)
- 1865Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
- 1869Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943)
- 1872Bill Johnson, American double-bassist (d. 1972)
- 1874Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
- 1877Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944)
- 1878Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)
- 1880Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician (d. 1964)
- 1884Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935)
- 1889Charles Darrow, American board game creator (Monopoly) (d. 1967)
- 1890Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)
- 1891Henry O'Neill, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1894V. V. Giri, Indian politician (d. 1980)
- 1895Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
- 1897John W. Galbreath, American businessman (d. 1988)
- 1898Jack Haley, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1900Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand politician and sprinter (d. 1994)
- 1902Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- 1902Curt Siodmak, German-born English novelist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1902Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
- 1903Ward Moore, American novelist (d. 1978)
- 1905Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)
- 1907Su Yu, Chinese Communist military leader (d. 1984)
- 1908Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)
- 1908Rica Erickson, Australian naturalist and botanic (d. 2009)
- 1909Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)
- 1911A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (d. 1993)
- 1912Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)
- 1913Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. 1994)
- 1913Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1993)
- 1914Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
- 1914Jeff Corey, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1919Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
- 1920Red Holzman, American basketball coach (d. 1998)
- 1923Fred Ridgway, English cricketer
- 1923Rhonda Fleming, American actress
- 1923SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter (d. 1994)
- 1924Martha Hyer, American actress
- 1924Nancy Buckingham, British romance novelist
- 1927Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1928Eddie Fisher, American singer (d. 2010)
- 1928Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor (d. 2010)
- 1928Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman (d. 2010)
- 1932Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal and Archbishop of Manila
- 1933Doyle Brunson, American poker player
- 1933Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth) (d. 2005)
- 1933Rocky Colavito, American baseball player
- 1937Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician
- 1939Kate O'Mara, British actress
- 1940Bobby Hatfield, American singer (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
- 1940Sid Waddell, English darts commentator
- 1942Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
- 1943Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005)
- 1943Louise Forestier, French-Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
- 1943Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer
- 1943Ronnie Spector, American singer (The Ronettes)
- 1943Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricketer
- 1945Harriet Miers, American lawyer and White House Counsel
- 1945Laura Spurr, American Indian tribal chair (d. 2010)
- 1947Alan Ward, English cricketer
- 1947Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1947Ian Anderson, Scottish singer and flutist (Jethro Tull)
- 1948Patti Austin, American singer
- 1950Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
- 1952Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
- 1952Diane Venora, American actress
- 1953Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer
- 1954Peter Endrulat, German footballer
- 1955Mel Tiangco, Filipina television personality and broadcast journalist
- 1956Charlie Peacock, American record producer, singer-songwriter
- 1956Fred Ottman, American wrestler
- 1956Peter Robbins, American actor
- 1958Jack Richards, English cricketer
- 1959Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian singer-songwriter (Kashtin)
- 1959Mark Price, drummer/percussionist
- 1959Rosanna Arquette, American actress
- 1960Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- 1960Kenny Perry, American golfer
- 1960Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress
- 1961Jon Farriss, Australian drummer (INXS)
- 1962Alan Muraoka, American actor
- 1962Julia Fordham, singer/songwriter
- 1963Andrew Sullivan, English-born American journalist
- 1963Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit (d. 2001)
- 1964Aaron Hall, American songwriter
- 1965Claudia Christian, American actress
- 1965John Starks, American basketball player
- 1965Mike E. Smith, American jockey
- 1966Hansi Kürsch, German singer
- 1967Gus Johnson, American sportscaster
- 1967Lorraine Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
- 1967Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
- 1967Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
- 1967Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer
- 1967Riddick Bowe, American boxer
- 1968Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
- 1968Pete Docter, American film director
- 1969Emily Symons, Australian actress
- 1970Brendon Julian, Australian cricketer
- 1970Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player
- 1970Steve Mautone, Australian footballer
- 1971Justin Theroux, American actor
- 1971Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
- 1971Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
- 1971Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- 1971Sal Fasano, American baseball player
- 1971Stephan Groth, Danish-born Norwegian vocalist (Apoptygma Berzerk)
- 1972Angie Harmon, American model and actress
- 1972Christofer Johnsson, Swedish guitarist and vocalist (Therion)
- 1972Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby union footballer
- 1973Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
- 1973Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
- 1974David Sommeil, French footballer
- 1974Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer
- 1974Rachel Simmons, American feminist and author
- 1975İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
- 1976Michael Depoli, American wrestler
- 1977Aaron Kamin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Calling)
- 1977Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer
- 1977Matt Morgan, British comedian
- 1978Chris Read, English cricketer
- 1978Claire Yiu, Hong Kong actress
- 1978Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer
- 1978Marcus Fizer, American basketball player
- 1979Brandon Lyon, American baseball player
- 1979Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1979Joanna García, American actress
- 1979Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author
- 1979Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
- 1980Stu Bennett, English wrestler
- 1981Malek Mouath,Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1981Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer
- 1981Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
- 1982Devon Aoki, American model and actress
- 1982Josh Anderson, American baseball player
- 1983Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1983Chrisna Bootha, South African netballer
- 1983Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984Ryan Eggold, American actor
- 1985Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer
- 1985Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer
- 1986Ryan Torain, American football player
- 1988Gianluca Nicco, Italian footballer
- 1989Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
- 1989Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990Lucas Till, American actor
- 1992Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress
- 1993Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor and singer
Who Died On August 10?
- 258Lawrence of Rome (Saint Lawrence), Spanish-born deacon of Rome (martyred) (b. 225)
- 1535Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1509)
- 1637Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
- 1653Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
- 1655Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
- 1723Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
- 1759King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
- 1784Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b. 1713)
- 1802Franz Aepinus, German natural philosopher (b. 1724)
- 1806Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1737)
- 1839John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)
- 1862Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
- 1875Karl Andree, German geographer (b. 1808)
- 1896Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (b. 1848)
- 1904Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (b. 1846)
- 1915Henry Moseley, English physicist (b. 1887)
- 1918Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace (b. 1897)
- 1920Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician (b. 1835)
- 1928Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1929Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1932Rin Tin Tin, American canine film actor (b. 1918)
- 1945Robert H. Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. 1882)
- 1948Andrew Brown, Scottish football coach (b. 1870)
- 1948Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (b. 1873)
- 1948Montague Summers, English writer (b. 1880)
- 1958Frank Demaree, American baseball player (b. 1910)
- 1963Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist (b. 1877)
- 1963Estes Kefauver, American politician (b. 1903)
- 1969János Kodolányi, Hungarian writer (b. 1899)
- 1969Leno LaBianca, American businessman (b. 1925)
- 1969Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (b. 1930)
- 1976Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
- 1979Dick Foran, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1979Walter Gerlach, German physicist (b. 1889)
- 1980Yahya Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
- 1982Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian writer and poet (b. 1962)
- 1985Nate Barragar, American football player (b. 1906)
- 1986Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (b. 1951)
- 1987Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1893)
- 1993Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth), Norwegian guitarist (Mayhem) (b. 1968)
- 1997Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (b. 1912)
- 1997Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (b. 1953)
- 1999Paṇḍit Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
- 2000Gilbert Parkhouse, English cricketer (b. 1925)
- 2001Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
- 2002Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926)
- 2002Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)
- 2003Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer (b. c. 1944)
- 2007Chris Reyka, American law enforcement official (b. 1956)
- 2007Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American military pilot and civil rights figure (b. 1925)
- 2007James E. Faust, American religious figure (b. 1920)
- 2007Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. 1950)
- 2008Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and actor (b. 1942)
- 2010Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
- 2011Jani Lane, American singer (Warrant) (b. 1964)
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