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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.
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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
- 1519 –Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan’s death in the Philippines.
- 1557 –Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
- 1755 –Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1793 –The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
- 1904 –Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- 1932 –A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
- 1978 –Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2003 –The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – 38.5 °C in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F.
Who were born on August 10?
- 1520 –Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of the Scots, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)
- 1872 –Bill Johnson, American double-bassist (d. 1972)
- 1914 –Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
- 1928 –Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman (d. 2010)
- 1942 –Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
- 1955 –Mel Tiangco, Filipina television personality and broadcast journalist
- 1966 –Hansi Kürsch, German singer
- 1967 –Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
- 1975 –İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
- 1993 –Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor and singer
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