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What Happened on August 10th This Day in History

Year	Name
2020	Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
2019	Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.
2018	Horizon 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 and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound.
2018	An 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 autorithies alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents.
2014	Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.
2012	The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
2009	Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
2003	The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
2001	The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
2001	Space 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.
1999	Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.[8][9][10]
1998	HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
1997	Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
1995	Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
1993	Two 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.
1990	The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
1988	Japanese 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.
1981	Murder 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.
1978	Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
1977	In 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.
1971	The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
1969	A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
1966	The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
1961	Vietnam 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 cover.
1954	At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
1953	First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
1949	An 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.
1948	Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
1944	World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
1944	World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a defensive German victory.
1937	Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic.
1920	World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
1913	Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
1905	Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1904	Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
1901	The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
1864	After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
1861	American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
1856	The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
1792	French 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.
1755	Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies and France.
1741	King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
1680	The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
1641	The Treaty of London between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars, is signed.
1585	The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
1557	Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
1519	Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
1512	The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
1346	Jaume Ferrer sets out from Majorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River.
1316	The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
1270	Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
1030	The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.[1]
991	Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.
955	Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
654	Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.

Famous People Born on August 10

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Year	Name
1528	Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1584)
1909	Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)
1914	Ray Smith, English cricketer (d. 1996)
1974	David Sommeil, French footballer
1943	Shafqat Rana, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
1980	Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor
1740	Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer (d. 1802)
1978	Marcus Fizer, American basketball player
1956	Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player
1903	Ward Moore, American author (d. 1978)

Famous People Deaths On August 10

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Date	Name
796	Eanbald, archbishop of York
1987	Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
1980	Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
2019	Jeffrey Epstein, American financier (b. 1953)
1536	Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Dauphin of France, Brother of Henry II (b. 1518)
1241	Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (b. 1184)
1916	John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
1932	Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (b. 1918)
1920	Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
1250	Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)