Friday August 10, 2007

Historical Events

• The US Federal Reserve announced that it would lend banks as much money as needed to maintain smooth functioning of the money markets.
• Novell is awarded the rights to Unix copyrights from the SCO Group in SCO v. Novell, a United States District Court decision in Utah.
• A storm system involving at least three tornadoes sweeps through northern Ohio, killing one woman in Marion, Ohio, and leaving thousands without power.
• Francisco Chaviano was a prominent critic of Fidel Castro's Cuban regime. He was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for allegedly divulging state secrets.
• As a result of an "unverified radiological menace", the New York Police Department has increased security in Manhattan, bridges, and tunnels.
• Bush's administration has announced harsher penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants.
• General Hernando Perez Molino, Colombian, is being relieved from his command of the Third Division in western Colombia. His command includes several officers accused of working with the Norte del Valle drug cartel.
• Three workers were killed while installing equipment in a coal mine in southwest Indiana.
• Stephen Harper, Canada's Prime Minister, announces construction of two Arctic bases. These include an army training base as well as a deep-water port to address Russian claims in the region.
• Fiji nurses end their industrial action after 18 days.
• STS-118: NASA finds a gouge in Endeavour's belly after it docks with International Space Station.
• The Congolese Labour Party of the President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou–Nguesso, and its affiliated groups, win 90% of the seats in the parliamentary elections.
• A second body was found in the Mississippi River following the Minneapolis, Minnesota, I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapse.
• The United States share market finishes slightly lower after a $38 billion Federal Reserve injection stabilizes the situation.
• The United Nations Security Council approves a strengthened role for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq.
• Hamid Ansari is elected the 13th Vice President of India.
• Thabo Mbeki is the President of South Africa and sacks Nozizwe Mallala-Routledge, the Deputy Health Minister, for going to an AIDS conference without authorization in Spain and criticising the conditions of hospitals.
• Two people were killed and 40 injured when a bus carrying Serbian tourists crashed on the Croatian Adriatic Coast.
• Gun battle at Jerusalem's Old City results in the death and injury of a gunman, as well as the injuring of at least ten others.
• The North American and European trends are causing Asian share markets to fall. The Bank of Japan, Reserve Bank of Australia and Bank of Japan try to inject liquidity in order to restore market confidence after the subprime mortgage crisis.
• A drill reaches the pocket where six miners were trapped for four days at Crandall Canyon mine, near Huntington.
• Queensland Legislative Assembly approves legislation to reduce the number of councils by 156 to 72.
• 43 people are killed by floods in Vietnam.
• East Timor is facing a humanitarian crisis after hundreds of homes are set on fire near Viqueque, and the affected villagers flee to higher ground.
• In search of a solution to Kosovo's problem, envoys from Russia, the European Union and the United States visit Serbia and Kosovo.
• Debby Reynolds, Britain's Chief Veterinarian Officer, raises concerns about another outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
• Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, meets Evo Morales, President of Bolivia and Nestor Kirchner President of Argentina in Tarija (Bolivia).
• Ugandan officials announce plans to give the "chronically poor" who earn less than $10 per day a $10 per month poverty allowance.
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See also

What happened on August 10 in history? Find out the list of August 10th major events

What was 2007 famous for? Discover everything about 2007

Who was born on August 10, 2007?

• Beau Jones

  English noted family member, he is the son of Emma Bunton, former Spice Girl, and her partner Jade Jones, also a musician. Beau is their first child.

Other August 10th famous birthdays

• Kylie Jenner

  American reality television personality, socialite and model. She is best known for appearing on the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

• Antonio Banderas

  Spanish actor who was well established as a leading man of Spanish films when he gained international attention with roles in Pedro Almodovar's "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," 1988, and "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" 1990.

• Justin Theroux

  American actor

• Rosanna Arquette

  American actress born into a theatrical family of three generations of close-knit, liberal actors. Raised on a commune, a flower-child of the hippie generation, she made her theatrical debut at age eight and moved out on her own at age 14 to hitch-hike to San Francisco, do drugs and live with a beau. She married at 17 for a year.

See all famous people born on August 10th

How old am I?

If August 10, 2007 is your birthday you are 15 years old. Find out how old you are in years, months, weeks and days and how long until your next birthday on August 10.

Who died on August 10, 2007?

• Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler

  American military pilot and civil rights activist (Born 1925).

• James E Faust

  American religious figure (Born 1920).

• Chris Reyka

  American law enforcement official (Born 1956).

• Tony Wilson

Other August 10th famous deaths

• Isaac Hayes

  American musician, a black singer and the composer of the theme song from the movie "Shaft.

• Frank Lloyd

  Scottish-American film director, scriptwriter and producer.

• Jean-Claude Lauzon

  Montreal, Quebec -- Director / writer (Leola, Night Zoo).

• Douglas Kennedy

  Actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies at 57.

See all famous people who died on August 10th

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Leo

Leo personality

Who should a Leo marry?

Babies born in August are either Leo or Virgo. People born before August 22nd are Leo, while people born from August 23rd have the sign of Virgo

Personality of August born

Chinese Zodiac

Pig

The day of the week was Friday.

August 10th marks the 221st day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2007.

There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

August 2007 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
2. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
3. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
4. Rihanna - Umbrella
5. Timbaland - The Way I Are

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Timbaland featuring Doe & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
2. Kate Nash - Foundations
3. Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat
4. Kanye West - Stronger
5. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Fantasia - When I See U
2. Fabolous Featuring Ne-Yo - Make Me Better
3. Ne-Yo - Do You
4. Musiq Soulchild - teachme
5. R. Kelly Duet With Usher - Same Girl

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Enrique Iglesias - Dimelo
2. Duelo - Olvidame Tu
3. Aventura - Mi Corazoncito
4. La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho - De Ti Exclusivo
5. Conjunto Primavera - Basta Ya

Jupiler League

• Westerlo - Charleroi : 1 - 0

Bundesliga 1

• Stuttgart - Schalke 04 : 2 - 2

Bundesliga 2

• Aachen - CZ Jena : 2 - 2
• Osnabruck - Freiburg : 2 - 1
• St Pauli - FC Koln : 0 - 2

Division 2

• Ajaccio - Guingamp : 1 - 1
• Boulogne - Montpellier : 2 - 0
• Dijon - Amiens : 1 - 0
• Grenoble - Reims : 2 - 0
• Gueugnon - Chateauroux : 3 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $82.51
• Apple AAPL: opens at $123.12
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $28.90
• General Electric GE: opens at $38.50
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $109.75

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 118.39 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.0529 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.1985 CHF
• 1 USD = 7.574 CNY
• 1 EUR = 162.12 JPY