August 10
August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 143 days remaining.
Events
- 258 - Saint Lawrence martyred in Rome
- 654 - Saint Eugene I becomes Pope
- 955 - The Battle of Lechfeld ends 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West
- 1492 - Alexander VI becomes Pope
- 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's 5 ships set sail to circumnavigate the globe
- 1809 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain
- 1821 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state
- 1831 - Nat Turner leads slave rebellion
- 1846 - Smithsonian Institution created
- 1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek
- 1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Deimos
- 1893 - At Augsburg, Rudolf Diesel's prime model ran on its own power for the first time. Because of this, August 10 is the International Biodiesel Day.
- 1907 - Peking-to-Paris road race completed, won by Prince Borghese of Italy
- 1913 - Second Balkan War ends
- 1920 - Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives signed the Treaty of Sevres.
- 1945 - Japan agrees to unconditional surrender, ending World War II
- 1977 - David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") arrested
- 1990 - Magellan space probe reaches Venus
Births
- 1821 - Jay Cooke, financier (+ 1905)
- 1874 - Herbert Hoover, President of the United States (+ 1964)
- 1898 - Jack Haley, actor (+ 1979)
- 1900 - Wolfgang Pauli, physicist (+ 1958)
- 1902 - Norma Shearer, actress (+ 1983)
- 1902 - Curt Siodmak, science fiction author (+ 2000)
- 1912 - Jorge Amado, novelist
- 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, actress
- 1928 - Jimmy Dean, country and western singer
- 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, singer, the Righteous Brothers
- 1943 - Ronnie Spector, singer
- 1947 - Ian Anderson, musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1960 - Antonio Banderas, actor
- 1967 - Riddick Bowe, world champion boxer
Deaths
- 1862 - Shusaku Honinbo, Go player
- 1945 - Robert Goddard, rocket scientist
- 1963 - Estes Kefauver, United States Senator from Tennessee
- 1997 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer
- 2002 - Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist
Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - Festival in honor of Ops
- Ancient Latvia - Labrenca Diena held
See Also:
August 9 - August 11 - July 10 - September 10 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December