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Day Of The Week: August 10
August 10, 2024 is the 223rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1809 –Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- 1821 –Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
- 1971 –The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
- 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.
- 1998 –HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
Who were born on August 10?
- 1823 –Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. 1886)
- 1878 –Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)
- 1923 –Rhonda Fleming, American actress
- 1924 –Martha Hyer, American actress
- 1940 –Sid Waddell, English darts commentator
- 1947 –Ian Anderson, Scottish singer and flutist (Jethro Tull)
- 1964 –Aaron Hall, American songwriter
- 1967 –Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
- 1967 –Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
- 1971 –Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
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