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Day Of The Week: August 10
August 10, 2025 is the 222nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: August 10
The term ‘the 10th of August’is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it is restored in 1814.
Historical Events: August 10
- 991 –Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
- 1557 –Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
- 1675 –The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
- 1821 –Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
- 1944 –World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
- 1961 –First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
- 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.
- 1993 –An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
- 1998 –HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
- 2003 –Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
Who were born on August 10?
- 1845 –Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (d. 1904)
- 1889 –Charles Darrow, American board game creator (Monopoly) (d. 1967)
- 1903 –Ward Moore, American novelist (d. 1978)
- 1923 –SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter (d. 1994)
- 1937 –Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician
- 1939 –Kate O'Mara, British actress
- 1952 –Diane Venora, American actress
- 1968 –Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 –Stu Bennett, English wrestler
- 1988 –Gianluca Nicco, Italian footballer
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