August 10

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 10. From 1900 until now. August 10 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Kylie Jenner (1997), Antonio Banderas (1960) and Justin Theroux (1971). Several movies were released around August 10 over the years, such as Elite Squad in 2007 directed by José Padilha and That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977 directed by Luis Buñuel.
But much more happened on August 10 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Roman festivals - Opalia, festival in honor of Ops
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints: St. Laurence
Prisoner's Justice Day - Canada.
Independence Day in Ecuador -- Movement began in Quito in 1809. Independence not achieved till May 1822.
St. Deusdedit
Ancient Latvia - Labrenca Diena held
St. Blaan
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Events

2018 War in Afghanistan, Ghazni offensive: A large-scale military offensive is launched by the Taliban in a bid to overrun the southeastern city of Ghazni, a provincial capital on the Kabul–Kandahar Highway. They manage to take control of a part of the city. (The New York Times)
2017 Economy of the United States: New York State-based GateHouse Media announces an agreement to buy 11 U.S. newspapers from Georgia-based Morris Communications. Included in the deal is the Log Cabin Democrat, founded in 1879, and three Alaskan newspapers: the Juneau Empire, the Peninsula Clarion and Homer News. The deal is expected to close on October 2. (AdWeek)DineEquity announces it will close 160 Applebee's and IHOP restaurants. (USA Today)
2016 Ukrainian crisis: Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has thwarted two armed Ukrainian incursions into Crimea with at least two killed, including one FSB officer, following a "massive fire fight" with "sabotage-terrorist" groups. Ukraine denies the Russian claims. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
2015 Two women attack the U.S. consulate in Istanbul with automatic rifles. No fatalities are reported, and one of the attackers, wounded during the exchange of fire, is captured. The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C) claims responsibility. (The News Hub), (The Hürriyet Daily News)
2014 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict: Israel and Palestinian factions agree to a fresh 72-hour ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, which is due to begin at 21:00 GMT. (BBC) (Reuters)
2013 Gunmen kidnap four Thai tourists traveling in Nigeria's Rivers State. (Reuters)
2012 Mexican Drug War:
2011 The People's Republic of China's first aircraft carrier, the refitted Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, commences its first sea trial under the Chinese flag. (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
2010 A 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3T float plane crashes near a remote fishing village in Alaska, killing former U.S. Republican senator Ted Stevens at age 86 and four others.
2009 Twenty people are killed in Handlova, Trencin Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
2008 American singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes (Hot Buttered Soul album, theme from Shaft, voice of Chef from South Park) dies at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 65.
2007 The US Federal Reserve announces it would lend banks as much cash as necessary to keep money markets operating smoothly.
2006 Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States.
2005 103-year old Ted Radcliffe, probably the oldest professional baseball player, dies from cancer; Radcliffe was the 1943 Negro American League Most Valuable Player.
2004 The South Korean government announces that the country's capital is to be moved from Seoul to a new site at Gongju in South Chungcheong province. (BBC)
2003 The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom : 38.5 ?C (101.3 ?F) in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 ?F (38 ?C).
2002 Charlton Heston, movie actor and president of the National Rifle Association, announces that he has Alzheimer's disease.
2001 Film: Osmosis Jones played by Chris Rock, starring Bill Murray
1999 Buford O. Furrow, Jr. wounds five and kills one during the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting
1998 HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
1997 36th Walker Cup: US, 18-6
1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate
1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since September 1841)
1993 Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA
1992 Satellite TOPEX / Poseidon launched
1991 Little Night Music closes at New York State NYC after 7 performances
1990 American Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus.
1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 seconds)
1987 Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball
1986 Me & My Girl opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 1420 performances
1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles.
1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run.
1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1980 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill, New York
1979 Ecuador adopts its constitution
1978 Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
1977 US and Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord
1975 57th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 276 at Firestone Akron
1974 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open
1973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station
1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
1971 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
1970 Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on lewd & lascivious behavior
1969 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
1968 Race riot in Miami, Chicago and Little Rock
1967 Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme's troops take the Congolese border town of Bukavu.
1966 First lunar orbiter launched by US.
1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 Estes Kefauver, American politician (Democrat-Senator-Tennessee) dies at age 60.
1962 Marvel Comics publishes Amazing Fantasy#15, which features the first published appearance of the superhero character of Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
1961 England applies for membership in the European Common Market.
1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned first object from space.
1958 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open
1956 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000)
1954 Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament
1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1948 WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged
1944 US recaptures Guam from Japanese
1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
1942 Gen B Montgomery becomes Commandant British 8th leader in N Africa
1940 Prince Bernhard Fund forms
1939 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats)
1938 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record).
1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
1932 In Archie, Missouri, USA a falling meteoroid strikes a homestead; no injuries.
1929 Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win
1927 US President Calvin Coolidge formally dedicates the Mount Rushmore site.
1926 Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
1925 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die
1920 Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania
1919 Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine
1918 Russian Revolution: The British commander in Archangel is told to help the White Russians.
1917 A general strike begins in Spain it is smashed after 3 days with 70 left dead, hundreds of wounded and 2,000 arrests.
1916 Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia
1914 At Luik, German 12 / 16.5 guns reach Belgian boundary
1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords.
1909 Algemeene Netherlands Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins
1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally.
1906 Pope Pius X bans Associations cults
1905 Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1904 Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest
1903 Paris Metro train fire takes place.
1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners.
1900 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0)
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