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This day in history: 10 August

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437 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 10 August.
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2024: Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.

Holidays and observances

Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina)

Christian feast day: August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Bessus

Christian feast day: Blane (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Geraint of Dumnonia

Christian feast day: Lawrence of Rome

Christian feast day: Nicola Saggio

Christian feast day: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines

Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)

International Biodiesel Day

National Day (Singapore)

National Veterans Day (Indonesia)

Events

2024Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.

2020Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.

2019Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.

2019Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.

2018An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrat

2018Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane

2014Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.

2012The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.

2009Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.

2003The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.

2001Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.

2001The 2001 Angola train attack occurs, causing 252 deaths.

1999One person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.

1998HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

1997Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.

1995Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

1993Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.

1990The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

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.

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 and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

1978Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.

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.

1971The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.

1969A day after murdering actress Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

1966The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.

1961Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cov

1954At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.

1953First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.

1949An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.

1948Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone.

1945The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."

1944World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.

1944World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.

1937Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic.

1920World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.

1913Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.

1905Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

1904Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

1901The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.

1864After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.

Born on this day

2005Nikola Topić, Serbian basketball player

2005Tidjane Salaün, French basketball player

2000Jüri Vips, Estonian racing driver

2000Sophia Smith, American soccer player

1999Ja Morant, American basketball player

1999Nick Suzuki, Canadian ice hockey player

1999Ritomo Miyata, Japanese racing driver

1997Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman

1997Luca Marini, Italian motorcycle rider

1996Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player

1995Dalvin Cook, American football player

1994Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer

1993Andre Drummond, American basketball player

1992Archie Bradley, American baseball player

1992Michelle Khare, American YouTuber and television host

1992Oliver Rowland, English racing driver

1991Chris Tremain, Australian cricketer

1991Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

1991Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player

1991Nikos Korovesis, Greek footballer

1990Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player

1990Lee Sung-kyung, South Korean model, actress, and singer

1990Lucas Till, American actor

1989Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer

1989Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor

1989Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor and singer

1987Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor

1986Andrea Hlaváčková, Czech tennis player

1985Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer

1985Julia Skripnik, Estonian tennis player

1985Kakuryū Rikisaburō, Mongolian sumo wrestler

1985Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer

1984Jigar Naik, English cricketer

1984Matt Prater, American football player

1984Mokomichi Hayami, Japanese model and actor

1984Ryan Eggold, American actor and composer

1983Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player

1983C. B. Dollaway, American mixed martial artist

1983Héctor Faubel, Spanish motorcycle racer

Died on this day

2025Anas Al-Sharif, Palestinian journalist and videographer (born 1996)

2024Peggy Moffitt, American model and actress (born 1937)

2024Rachael Lillis, American voice actress and scriptwriter (born 1978)

2022Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (born 1945)

2021Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1943)

2019Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953)

2017Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929)

2015Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1941)

2015Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1935)

2015Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (born 1952)

2015Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1922)

2014Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (born 1930)

2014Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (born 1945)

2014Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)

2014Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (born 1912)

2013Amy Wallace, American author (born 1955)

2013David C. Jones, American general (born 1921)

2013Eydie Gormé, American singer and actress (born 1928)

2013Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (born 1936)

2013Jonathan Dawson, Australian historian and academic (born 1941)

2013William P. Clark Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (born 1931)

2012Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (born 1925)

2012Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (born 1916)

2012Irving Fein, American producer and manager (born 1911)

2012Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (born 1963)

2012William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (born 1916)

2011Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

2010Adam Stansfield, English footballer (born 1978)

2010David L. Wolper, American director and producer (born 1928)

2010Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (born 1948)

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu

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