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August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan August 2007 is the eighth month of that year It began on a Wednesday and 31 days later ended on a Friday. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. August 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - See also August 9 2003 - August 2003 - August 11 2003 ---- One hundred thousand people attend a rally in the French countryside August 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year.

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 was restored in 1814. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The House of Bourbon is an important European Royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Events and trends 619 BC — Alyattes becomes king of Lydia. 619 BC — Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Sinsharishkun ( Sin-shar-ishkun, ca 627 - 612 BC who seems to have been the Saràkos (Saracus of Berossus, was one of the last kings of the Assyrian Destruction of Nineveh. Nineveh ( Akkadian: Ninua; Aramaic: ܢܝܢܘܐ Hebrew נינוה Nīnewē; Arabic نينوى Naīnuwa)
• 610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an. This article is about the year 610. Events By Place Byzantine Empire October 4 — Heraclius arrives For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Laylat al-Qadr ( لیلة القدر) (also known as Shab-e-Qadr) basically the Night of Decree or Night of Measures, is the anniversary of IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran
• 955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. Events By Place Europe August 10 — Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars, halting The Battle of Lechfeld ( 10 August 955) perhaps the defining event for holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe, was a decisive Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary.
• 991 - Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. This article documents the year AD 991 Events By Place Europe Battle of Maldon: The Anglo-Saxons are defeated The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 August 991 near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex England, during the reign of A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common The English are defeated and the story is immortalised in a well-known poem.
• 1316 - Second Battle of Athenry
• 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Second Battle of Athenry took place in Ireland on 10 August 1316 and was one of the most decisive battles of the Bruce Wars Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães fɨɾˈnɐ̃ũ dɨ mɐgɐˈʎɐ̃ĩʃ Fernando de Magallanes (Spring 1480 &ndash April 27 1521 Mactan Island, Cebu Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain.
• 1557 - Battle of St. Quentin Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars
• 1628 - The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage. The Spanish won a significant victory over the French in the Battle of Saint-Quentin ( 1557) during the Franco-Habsburg War ( 1551 "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. History During the 17th century Sweden went from being a small poor and peripheral northern European kingdom of little influence to one of the major players in continental politics ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the
• 1675 - The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London was laid. The Royal Observatory Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or RGO) was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1680 - Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico. The' Pueblo Revolt of 1680 or Popé's Rebellion' was an uprising of many Pueblos of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonization of the Americas in
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1792 - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody. Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre
• 1809 - Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the Capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1821 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
• 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses For related terms see Smithsonian (disambiguation. James Smithson F
• 1856 - In Last Island, Louisiana, the 1856 Last Island Hurricane kills between 200 and 400 people. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Last Island (also called Isle Derniere) is a Barrier island and was a pleasure resort southwest of New Orleans on the south shore of Louisiana The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The Last Island hurricane of 1856 was an intense Atlantic hurricane that destroyed Last Island in southern Louisiana.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek - The war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background At the beginning of the war Missouri declared that it would be an " Armed neutral " in the conflict and not send materials or men to Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1901 - The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The US Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 was an attempt by the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers (the AA to reverse its declining fortunes and organize The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (commonly known as the AA was an American labor union formed in 1876 and which represented iron and steel workers
• 1904 - The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Battle of the Yellow Sea (黄海海戦 Kōkai kaisen Бой в Жёлтом море a major naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, was
• 1905 - Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September Portsmouth is a City in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States.
• 1913 - Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912–1913 in the course of which the Balkan League ( Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Treaty of Bucharest was concluded on August 10, 1913, by the delegates of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro
• 1920 - World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with Mehmed VI ( Turkish: Mehmed Vahideddin or Mehmet Vahdettin) ( January 14 1861 May 16 1926) was the 36th and The Treaty of Sèvres ( 10 August 1920) was the Peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Allies at the end of World War The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose
• 1932 - A 5. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1-kg (11. 2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface Archie is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 890 at the 2000 census Cass County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. As of 2000 the population was 82092
• 1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated
• 1948 - Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Candid Camera was a Television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on Radio as Candid Microphone Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Candid Camera was a Television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on Radio as Candid Microphone
• 1949 - US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the United States Department of Defense. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Security Act of 1947, Pub L No 235 80 Cong 61 Stat The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government
• 1954 - At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) There are two places named Massena in St Lawrence County in the U The St Lawrence Seaway is the common name for a system of Canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
• 1969 - A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sharon Marie Tate (January 24 1943 – August 9 1969 was an American actress.
• 1971 - The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown New York, in August 1971
• 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 a year's period. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the US State of New York (behind Rochester, Buffalo, and New York City) and the largest city in A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based The City of New York
• 1981 - The head of John Walsh's son Adam is found in Hollywood, Florida. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 John E Walsh (born December 26, 1945) is the host of the TV show America's Most Wanted. Adam John Walsh ( November 14, 1974 – c July 27, 1981) was an American boy who was abducted from a Sears department Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. This event will later prompt the U.S. Congress to pass the Missing Children's Act to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation greater authority to track the disappearance of children, as well as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ( NCMEC) is a private Non-profit organization established in the United States in 1984 under United It also makes Walsh a national spokesman against crime and eventually leads to the establishment of America's Most Wanted. America's Most Wanted is an American TV show produced by 20th Century Fox, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history
• 1988 - Japanese American Internment: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Japanese American internment refers to the forcible relocation and Internment of approximately 110000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans to housing The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 ( title I August 10, 1988,, et seq are Americans of Japanese heritage Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group The United States of America —commonly referred to as the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
• 1990 - The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Magellan spacecraft was a space probe sent to the planet Venus, the first post- Voyager unmanned spacecraft to be launched by NASA The VENUS ( V ictoria E xperimental N etwork U nder the S ea project is a cabled sea floor observatory operated by the University
• 1990 - The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in the North East Sri Lanka by the paramilitaries. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island
• 1993 - An earthquake measuring 7. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 0 on the Richter Scale hit the South Island of New Zealand. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
• 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U Timothy James McVeigh ( April 23, 1968 &ndash June 11, 2001) was a United States Army veteran and security guard who bombed Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is a US Army veteran who was convicted of being an accomplice of Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony. Michael Fortier born 1968 and Lori Fortier, his wife were accomplices in the Oklahoma City bombing and key informants in the trials of Timothy McVeigh
• 1995 - Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit against the St. Louis Cardinals after fans throw souvenir baseballs on to the field en masse. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA In rare cases Baseball games are forfeited and the score is recorded with the forfeiting team scoring no runs their opponents are credited with the same number of runs as innings The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St
• 1998 - The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Al-Muhtadee Billah GCVO (born February 17, 1974) is the first born son and heir to the Sultan of Brunei. Al-Muhtadee Billah GCVO (born February 17, 1974) is the first born son and heir to the Sultan of Brunei.
• 2000 - World Population reaches 6 billion according to www.ibiblio.org world population tracker. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The world population is the total number of living Humans on Earth at a given time
• 2001 - The Hudson River Way is opened to traffic. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Hudson River Way is a Pedestrian Bridge that links Broadway in Downtown Albany New York with the Corning Preserve on the bank of the
• 2003 - The highest temperature ever is recorded in the UK, 38. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 5°C (101. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. 3°F), occurs in Kent [1]. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724
• 2003 - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space. Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Юрий Иванович Маленченко; born December 22 1961 is a Russian Cosmonaut of Ukrainian ancestry
• 2006 - Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. Surveillance and arrests Surveillance In Pakistan a British man from Birmingham called Rashid Rauf is believed to have put plotters in touch with Al-Qaeda The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.

Births

• 1267 - King James II of Aragon (d. James II ( 10 August 1267 in Valencia &ndash 2 November or 5 November 1327 in Barcelona) called the Just 1327)
• 1296 - John I, Count of Luxemburg (d. John the Blind ( Luxembourgish: Jang de Blannen; German: Johann der Blinde von Luxemburg 1346)
• 1360 - Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. Francesco Cardinal Zabarella ( 10 August, 1360 - 26 September, 1417) was an Italian cardinal and canonist 1417)
• 1397 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Albert II of Habsburg ( August 10, 1397 &ndash October 27, 1439) was King of the Romans (ruler of Germany within the The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states 1439)
• 1489 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. Jacob (or Jakob, or Jacques) Sturm von Sturmeck ( August 10, 1489 - October 30, 1553) German 1553)
• 1520 - Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. Madeleine de Valois ( August 10, 1520 &ndash July 7, 1537) was a princess of France and Queen consort of James James V (10 April 1512 &ndash 14 December 1542 was King of Scots from 9 September 1513 until his death 1537)
• 1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. Hieronymus Praetorius ( August 10, 1560 &ndash January 27, 1629) was a north German composer and organist of the late 1629)
• 1602 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. Gilles Personne de Roberval ( August 10, 1602 - October 27 1675) French Mathematician, was born at Roberval near 1675)
• 1645 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. Eusebio Francisco Kino SJ ( August 10, 1644 &ndash March 15, 1711) was a Catholic priest who became famous in what 1711)
• 1737 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Anton Pavlovich Losenko ( Cyrillic Антон Павлович Лосенко) ( -) was a Ukrainian-Russian Neoclassical painter who specialized in historical 1773)
• 1744 - Alexandrine-Jeanne d'Étiolles (nicknamed "Fanfan"), daughter of the courtesan Madame de Pompadour (d. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Alexandrine-Jeanne d'Étiolles, also called Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étoilles was born on August 10, 1744, during the " Scenes of Metz " in which Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour ( December 29, 1721 &ndash April 15, 1764 1754)
• 1810 - Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
• 1814 - Henri Nestlé, Swiss industrialist (d. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso Conte di Cavour, Conte di Isolabella e Leri ( August 10 1810 &ndash June Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henri Nestlé, born Heinrich Nestle ( 10 August, 1814 &ndash 7 July, 1890) was the founder of Nestlé S 1890)
• 1821 - Jay Cooke, American financier (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Jay Cooke ( August 10, 1821 - February 8, 1905) American financier was born at Sandusky Ohio, the son of Eleutheros 1905)
• 1823 - Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Hugh Stowell Brown ( 10 August[[ 823]] - 24 February 1886) Christian minister and renowned preacher 1886)
• 1839 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov (Александр Григорьевич Столетов August 10, 1839 - May 27, 1896) - Russian physicist 1896)
• 1845 - Abai Kunanbaev, Kazakh poet (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Abay Ibrahim Qunanbayuli ( Kazakh: Абай (Ибраһим Құнанбайұлы, Russian Абай Ибрагим Кунанбаев 1904)
• 1856 - William Willett, English inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year William Willett ( 10 August 1856 &ndash 4 March 1915) is the inventor of Daylight saving time. 1915)
• 1860 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande ( August 10, 1860 &ndash September 19, 1936) was an Indian classical musician widely acclaimed to 1936)
• 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (Александр Константинович Глазунов Aleksandr Konstantinovič Glazunov; Glazounov Glasunow &ndash 21 March 1936)
• 1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Laurence Binyon ( 10 August 1869 at Lancaster &ndash 10 March 1943 at Reading Berkshire) was an English 1943)
• 1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1964)
• 1874 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. William Manuel "Bill" Johnson ( August 10, 1872 &ndash December 3, 1972) was an American Jazz Musician 1972)
• 1877 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frank James Marshall ( August 10 1877 &ndash November 9 1944) was the U 1944)
• 1878 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Döblin ( August 10, 1878 – June 26, 1957) was a German expressionist Novelist, best known for 1957)
• 1880 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Robert Lee Thornton Sr (often just R L Thornton) (10 August 1880 &ndash 15 February 1964 was a Dallas, Texas ( USA) businessman 1964)
• 1884 - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Panait (sometimes rendered as Panaït) Istrati ( August 10 1884 &mdash April 18 1935) was a Romanian writer 1935)
• 1889 - Charles Darrow, Inventor (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Brace Darrow ( August 10, 1879 – August 29, 1967) has been credited erroneously as having invented the Monopoly 1967)
• 1890 - Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Angus L Macdonald PC, QC, LLD, SJD (August 10 1890 – April 13 1954 was a Nova Scotia lawyer law professor and politician 1954)
• 1894 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Varahagiri Venkata Giri (వరాహగిరి వేంకట గిరి (10 August 1894 – 23 June 1980 commonly known as V 1980)
• 1898 - Jack Haley, American actor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jack Haley ( August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) (born John Joseph Haley Jr 1979)
• 1900 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Arthur Espie Porritt Baron Porritt, Bt, GCMG, GCVO, CBE ( August 10, 1900 &ndash January 1, 1994 1994)
• 1902 - Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Edith Norma Shearer (August 10 1900 - June 12 1983 was an Academy Award&ndashwinning Canadian-American actress. 1983)
• 1902 - Curt Siodmak, German-born author (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Curt Siodmak (1902&ndash2000 was a novelist and screenwriter author of the novel Donovan's Brain, which was made into a number of films 2000)
• 1902 - Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius ( 10 August 1902 &ndash 29 October 1971) was a Swedish Biochemist who won the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1971)
• 1903 - Ward Moore, American author (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ward Moore (b August 10 1903, Madison New Jersey - d January 28 1978) was the working name of American author Joseph Ward 1978)
• 1905 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Era Bell Thompson ( 10 August 1905 &ndash 30 December 1986) was a graduate of the University of North Dakota (UND and an editor of 1986)
• 1909 - Leo Fender, American luthier (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Clarence Leonidas Fender ( August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991) also known as Leo Fender, was an American inventor who 1991)
• 1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Jorge Amado de Faria ( August 10, 1912 &ndash August 6, 2001) was a Brazilian Writer of the Modernist school 2001)
• 1913 - Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1993)
• 1913 - Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Noah Lindsey Beery ( August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994) known professionally as Noah Beery Jr 1994)
• 1914 - Jeff Corey, American actor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling August 10, 1914 &mdash August 16, 2002) was 2002)
• 1914 - Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Alberto Menditeguy ( August 10, 1914 - April 27, 1973) was a Racing driver and Polo player from Buenos Aires 1973)
• 1919 - Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sacha Vierny ( 10 August, 1919 &ndash 15 May, 2001) was a French Cinematographer. 2001)
• 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, American actress
• 1927 - Vernon Washington, American actor (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis in Hollywood California, August 10 1923 is an American Motion picture and Television actress Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vernon Alfred Washington ( August 10, 1927 – June 7, 1988) is an American Actor who has starred in film and on television 1988)
• 1928 - Jimmy Dean, American singer
• 1928 - Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor
• 1928 - Eddie Fisher, American singer
• 1933 - Doyle Brunson, American poker player
• 1933 - Rocky Colavito, American baseball player
• 1933 - Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jimmy Dean (b Jimmy Ray Dean August 10, 1928, in Plainview Texas) is an American Country music Singer Gus Mercurio (born August 10, 1928) is an American -born Australian character actor who has appeared on both film and television Edmund John "Eddie" Fisher (born August 10, 1928) is an American Singer and Entertainer. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doyle F Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is an iconic American Poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr (born August 10, 1933 in New York City) is a former Right fielder in Major League Baseball David Keith Duckworth, ( August 10 1933 &ndash December 19 2005) was an English mechanical engineer. Cosworth is an Automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing (motorsport 2005)
• 1937 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician
• 1939 - Kate O'Mara, British actress
• 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Собча́к August 10, 1937 &mdash February 20, 2000) Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kate O'Mara (b August 10 1939, Leicester) is an English film and television actress Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Lee "Bobby" Hatfield ( August 10, 1940 &ndash November 5, 2003) was an American Singer, best known as one half The Righteous Brothers were the Musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. 2003)
• 1940 - Sid Waddell, Darts Commentator for the PDC
• 1942 - Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
• 1943 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes)
• 1943 - Louise Forestier, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
• 1943 - Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sid Waddell (born August 10, 1940 in Alnwick Northumberland) is a British born " Geordie " Commentator and television Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betsey Johnson (born 10 August 1942 in Wethersfield Connecticut) is a Fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett on 10 August 1943 in New York New York) is an American musician and was the lead The Ronettes were a Girl group of the 1960s from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. This article is about the musician for other James Griffins or Jimmy Griffins see James Griffin (disambiguation. Bread was a 1970s rock / pop band from Los Angeles, California. 2005)
• 1943 - Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer
• 1943 - Pervez Musharraf, is the President of Pakistan, the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Mantler (born August 10 1943) is an Austrian Trumpeter and Composer in new Jazz and contemporary music General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army (COAS is the highest post in the Pakistan Army. The Pakistan Army ( Urdu:) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders the security of administered
• 1945 - Harriet Miers, White House counsel
• 1947 - Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)
• 1947 - Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1948 - Patti Austin, American singer
• 1950 - Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
• 1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
• 1953 - Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer
• 1956 - Fred Ottman, American wrestler
• 1956 - Charlie Peacock, American record producer, singer-songwriter
• 1959 - Rosanna Arquette, American actress
• 1959 - Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian musician (Kashtin)
• 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
• 1960 - Todd David Hess, First USAF Member to receive Military Medical Merit. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10 1945 is an American Lawyer and former White House Counsel. The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish Singer Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967-1968 Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead Flute work of front man Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim (born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who served as Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister from 1993 to 1998 Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patti Austin (born August 10 1950, in Harlem, New York) to Edna and Gordon Austin is a Grammy -winning R&B and Jazz Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rémy Girard (born August 10 1950 in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada) is a Québécois actor Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Hugh Kelly (born August 10, 1952) also known as Daniel Hugh-Kelly, is an American stage, Film and Television Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark Doty (born August 10, 1953 in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American Poet and memoirist Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Ottman (born August 10 1956 in Norfolk Virginia) is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his notoriously Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie Peacock (born Charles William Ashworth August 10, 1956) is an American Singer-songwriter, pianist Record producer, The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rosanna Lauren Arquette (born August 10 1959 is a Golden Globe -nominated American actress Film director, and Film producer. Florent Vollant (born Labrador, August 10, 1959 is a Canadian Singer-songwriter. The Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises most of what other Canadians refer to as eastern Quebec Kashtin were a Canadian Folk rock duo in the 1980s and 1990s one of Canada's most famous and influential First Nations musical groups Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Col (Dr Todd David Hess, Commander, United States Air Force (Ret
• 1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
• 1963 - Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist
• 1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress
• 1965 - Mike E. Smith, American jockey
• 1965 - John Starks, American basketball player
• 1966 - Hansi Kürsch, German singer
• 1967 - Philippe Albert, Belgian former footballer
• 1967 - Riddick Bowe, American boxer
• 1967 - Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
• 1968 - Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition & Bell Biv DeVoe)
• 1968 - Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Peter Docter, American film director
• 1970 - Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player
• 1970 - Jeff Mangum, American musician
• 1970 - Steve Mautone, Australian footballer
• 1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer
• 1971 - Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban boxer
• 1971 - Justin Theroux, American actor
• 1971 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player
• 1971 - Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
• 1971 - Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician
• 1972 - Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby union footballer
• 1972 - Angie Harmon, American model and actress
• 1972 - Christofer Johnsson, Swedish musician
• 1973 - Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
• 1973 - Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
• 1974 - David Sommeil, French footballer
• 1974 - Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer
• 1976 - Michael Depoli, American wrestler
• 1977 - Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer
• 1977 - Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling)
• 1977 - Matt Morgan, British comedian
• 1978 - Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer
• 1978 - Chris Read, English cricketer
• 1978 - Claire Yiu, Hong Kong actress
• 1979 - Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
• 1979 - Joanna Garcia, Cuban actress
• 1979 - Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author
• 1980 - Kaysar Ridha, Iraqi-American reality TV contestant
• 1981 - Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer
• 1981 - Dimitris Salpigidis, Greek footballer
• 1982 - Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
• 1983 - Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino TV host
• 1985 - Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer
• 1989 - Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
• 1992 - Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress

Deaths

• 612 BC - Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king
• 258 - Saint Lawrence, martyr
• 1535 - Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathon James Farriss (born 10 August, 1961) is the drummer for the Australian rock band INXS. INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Michael Sullivan (born August 10 1963 is a prominent Blogger, author and Political commentator. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Claudia Ann Christian (born August 10, 1965) is an American actress writer singer musician and director Mike E Smith (born August 10, 1965 in Roswell New Mexico) is an American Jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U John Levell Starks (born August 10 1965) is an American retired professional Basketball player who gained fame while playing at Shooting Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Hans Jürgen Kürsch, better known as Hansi Kürsch (born August 10, 1966 in Lank-Latum Germany) is the lead vocalist of Power metal Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Philippe Albert (born 10 August 1967 in Bouillon) is a former Belgian football defender. Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967, Brooklyn, New York City) is an American boxer and former undisputed Martin Laurent Sander (born August 10 1967 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian Singer, Actor, Author Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Lamont Bivins, aka Biv, (born August 10 1968 in Boston Massachusetts) is the founder and member of the R&B group New Edition is an American R&B / Pop group formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1978 that was most popular during the 1980s Bel Biv DeVoe was a successful splinter group of New Edition that consisted of three previous members Ricky Bell (a Gregory Hawgood (born August 10 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former professional Ice hockey defenceman. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bret Michael Hedican (born on 10 August 1970 in Saint Paul, Minnesota U Jeff Mangum (born August 10, 1970) is the founder lead vocalist and driving force behind the band Neutral Milk Hotel and one of the cofounders of Steve Mautone (born August 10, 1970) is an Australian Football (soccer coach who is the goalkeeper coach for the Melbourne Victory Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971 in Mayfield, Cork) is an Irish former professional footballer and the current manager of Mario César Kindelán Mesa (born August 10, 1971 in Holguín) is a former two time Olympic Gold Medalist amateur boxer Justin Theroux (born August 10, 1971) is an American Actor, Screenwriter and director. Salvatore Frank Fasano (fəˈsɑːnoʊ̪ born August 10, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball Catcher Kevin "The Monster" Randleman (born August 10, 1971 in Sandusky, Ohio) is an American Mixed martial arts Stephan Groth (born August 10, 1971 in Odense, Denmark) is the man behind Apoptygma Berzerk, an Electronic dance music Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Bruno Nero Dallaglio, OBE (born August 10, 1972, in London) is a retired English Rugby union player and Angela Michelle Harmon Sehorn (born August 10, 1972) is an American fashion model and Television / Film actress Christofer Johnsson (born August 10 1972 in Stockholm 's suburb is a Swedish musician Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a professional female tennis player from the United States. Javier Adelmar Zanetti (born August 10, 1973) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Serie A club Internazionale Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. David Sommeil (born August 10, 1974 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French footballer who plays as a defender Luis Antonio Marín Murillo (born August 10[[ 974]] is a professional Costa Rican footballer and former national captain Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael DePoli (born on August 10, 1976) is a professional wrestler who started with Extreme Championship Wrestling. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Daniel Joseph Griffin (born August 10, 1977 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Ross County. Aaron Kamin (born Aaron Kamm Kamin on 10 August, 1977, in Studio City, California) is an American Guitarist and Songwriter The Calling is a rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed by Alex Band (vocals and Aaron Kamin (guitar when Matthew "Matt" Morgan (born August 10, 1977 in Dartford, Kent, England) is an English comedian actor writer Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Allsopp (born on August 10, 1978 in Melbourne) is an Australian Football (soccer player who currently plays as a Christopher Mark Wells Read (born 10 August 1978 in Paignton, Devon) is an English Cricketer, a Wicket-keeper. Claire Yiu (姚嘉妮 born on August 10, 1978, is a Hong Kong actress Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Yannick Schroeder (born August 10, 1979 in Metz) is a French racing car driver Joanna Leanna García (born August 10 1979 is an American Television and Film actress. Filmmaker and author Ted Geoghegan (born August 10, 1979 in Beaverton Oregon, United States) grew up in Great Falls Montana Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Kaysar Ridha (born August 10, 1980) was a contestant on Big Brother 6 and Big Brother 7, a reality TV series in the United States Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 born August 10, 1981 in Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese singer and actress and a former member of Morning Musume. Dimitris Salpigidis or Salpingidis ( Greek: Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης born 18 August, 1981 in Thessaloniki Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Devon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10 1982 is an American Supermodel and actress. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Alexander Perezhogin (Александр Пережогин is a Kazakh-born Russian professional Ice hockey player with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Mathieu Roy (born August 10, 1983 in Saint-Georges, Quebec) is a professional Ice hockey defenceman with the Edmonton Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Mariel Rodriguez (born Maria Erlinda Termulo on August 10, 1984) is a Filipina commercial model and endorser TV host and actress Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Roy Simon O'Donovan (born August 10, 1985) is an Irish footballer, who is currently playing for Dundee United on a season long loan from Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Ben Sahar (בן סהר born 10 August, 1989 in Holon, Israel) is an Israeli footballer contracted to Chelsea, currently Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Ko Ah-seong (born August 10, 1992) is a South Korean Child actress. Events and trends 619 BC — Alyattes becomes king of Lydia. 619 BC — Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Sinsharishkun ( Sin-shar-ishkun, ca 627 - 612 BC who seems to have been the Saràkos (Saracus of Berossus, was one of the last kings of the Assyrian Events By Place Roman Empire The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon. Ippolito de' Medici (1511 &ndash August 10, 1535) was the 1509)
• 1637 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. Johann Gerhard ( October 17, 1582 – August 10, 1637) was a Lutheran church leader and theologian 1582)
• 1653 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp ( April 23, 1598 &ndash August 10, 1653) was an officer and later Admiral in the Dutch 1598)
• 1655 - Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. Don Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo marqués de Bedmar (first name also spelled Alonso, often used was the title Bedmar) ( 1572 1572)
• 1723 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Guillaume Dubois ( September 6, 1656 &ndash August 10, 1723) was a French cardinal and statesman 1656)
• 1759 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ferdinand VI, ( September 23, 1713 &ndash August 10, 1759) King of Spain from 1746 until his death second son of Philip 1713)
• 1784 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Allan Ramsay (13 October 1713 &ndash 10 August 1784 was a Scottish portrait- painter. 1713)
• 1802 - Franz Aepinus, German scientist (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus ( December 13, 1724 &ndash August 10, 1802) was a German natural Philosopher, was born at 1724)
• 1806 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Michael Haydn ( September 14, 1737 &ndash August 10, 1806) was an Austrian Composer, the younger brother of (Franz 1737)
• 1839 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John St Aubyn may refer to Sir John St Aubyn 1st Baronet (1645-1687 Sir John St Aubyn 2nd Baronet (1670-1714 Sir 1758)
• 1862 - Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Honinbo Shusaku (本因坊秀策 Hon'inbō Shūsaku, born as Kuwabara Torajirō (桑原虎次郎 Kuwabara Torajirō) June 6, 1829 1829)
• 1875 - Karl Andree, German geographer (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Andree ( 20 October 1808 - 10 August 1875) was a German Geographer. 1808)
• 1896 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Otto Lilienthal (born 23 May, 1848 in Anklam, Province of Pomerania &ndash died 10 August, 1896 in Berlin 1848)
• 1915 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley ( November 23, 1887 – August 10, 1915) was an English physicist. 1887)
• 1920 - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Adam Politzer ( Alberti, Hungary, October 1, 1835 &ndash August 10, 1920 in Vienna was a Hungarian 1835)
• 1928 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rex Cherryman ( October 30, 1897 - August 10, 1928) was an American actor of the stage and screen whose career was most prolific during 1897)
• 1929 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Joseph Louis Fatou ( 28 February 1878, Lorient - 10 August 1929, Pornichet) was a French Mathematician 1878)
• 1932 - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s was the name given to several related German Shepherd dogs seen in films and television dramas 1918)
• 1945 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Robert Hutchings Goddard, PhD ( October 5, 1882 &ndash August 10 1945 U 1882)
• 1948 - Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kan-Ichi Asakawa ( December 20, 1873 - August 10, 1948) was an American university professor and author of works on Japan 1873)
• 1948 - Andrew Brown, Scottish Brown soccer coach (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Andrew M Brown ( 1870 - August 10, 1948) was a Scottish Soccer player executive and coach who had a short tenure 1870)
• 1948 - Montague Summers, English writer (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Augustus Montague Summers ( 10 April, 1880 - 10 August, 1948) was an eccentric English author and clergyman 1880)
• 1958 - Frank Demaree, baseball player (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Demaree ( June 10, 1910 - August 10, 1958) born Joseph Franklin Dimaria in Winters California was an American Baseball 1910)
• 1963 - Estes Kefauver, American politician, United States Congressman & Senator from Tennessee (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carey Estes Kefauver ( July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American Politician from Tennessee who These are tables of congressional delegations from Tennessee to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. 1903)
• 1963 - Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ernst Wetter ( August 27, 1877 - August 10, 1963) was a Swiss politician 1877)
• 1969 - Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pasqualino Antonio "Leno" LaBianca ( August 6, 1925 - August 10, 1969) and his wife Rosemary LaBianca ( December 15 1925)
• 1969 - Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pasqualino Antonio "Leno" LaBianca ( August 6, 1925 - August 10, 1969) and his wife Rosemary LaBianca ( December 15 1930)
• 1979 - Walter Gerlach, German physicist (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Walt(her Gerlach ( 1 August 1889 - 10 August 1979) was a German Physicist who co-discovered space quantization in 1889)
• 1979 - Dick Foran, American actor (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran ( June 18 1910 &ndash August 10 1979) was a leading man best known in western Musicals and for 1910)
• 1980 - Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan ( February 4 1917 &ndash August 10 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971 following the resignation The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 1917)
• 1993 - Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Øystein Aarseth ( March 22, 1968 - August 10, 1993) Born in Egersund was a guitarist for the Norwegian Black metal Mayhem is a Black metal band formed during 1984 in Oslo Norway. 1968)
• 1997 - Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (b. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Conlon Nancarrow (born October 27 1912 &ndash August 10 1997) was a U 1912)
• 1997 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Jean-Claude Lauzon, born in Montréal, Québec, Canada ( September 29 1953 – August 10, 1997) was a Canadian 1953)
• 1999 - Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar in India (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Pandit Baldev Upadhyaya (पण्डित बलदेव उपाध्याय 1899-1999 was a renowned Hindi, Sanskrit scholar literary Historian 1899)
• 2001 - Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Louis "Lou" Boudreau ( July 17, 1917, in Harvey Illinois &ndash August 10, 2001) was an American Major 1917)
• 2002 - Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Houser ( January 6 1962 - August 10, 2002) was the lead Guitarist of the band Widespread Panic. Widespread Panic is a rock 'n' roll band from Athens Georgia. 1962)
• 2002 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kristen Nygaard ( August 27, 1926 – August 10, 2002) was a Norwegian Mathematician, Computer programming 1926)
• 2003 - Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer
• 2007 - James E. Faust, Second Councelor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Carmita Jiménez (c 1944 &ndash August 10, 2003) was a Puerto Rican Singer who was considered a Diva in Puerto Rico. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. James Esdras Faust (July 31 1920 &ndash August 10 2007 was an American religious leader Lawyer, and Politician. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 1920)
• 2007 - Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 &ndash 10 August 2007 was an English Record label owner radio presenter TV show host Nightclub manager Impresario 1950)
• 2007 - Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American member of Tuskegee Airmen and civil rights activist (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler (1925 &ndash August 10, 2007) was a member of the prestigious Tuskegee Airmen during World War II who would later aid WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals - Opalia, festival in honor of Ops
• Ancient Latvia - Labrenca Diena held
• Independence Day in Ecuador -- Movement began in Quito in 1809. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roman holidays generally were celebrated to worship and celebrate a certain god or mythological occurrence and consisted of religious observances various festival traditions and usually On August 25, the Opiconsivia (or Opeconsiva or Opalia) Roman festival was held in honor of Ops, usually known as Opis, Ops, more properly Opis, ( Latin: "Plenty" was a fertility deity and earth-goddess in Roman mythology of Sabine origin Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the Anniversary of a Nation 's assumption of independent Statehood, usually after ceasing Public holidays in Ecuador DateEnglish Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the Capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Independence not achieved till May 1822.
• United States - National S'mores Day. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the s'more is a traditional Campfire treat popular in the United States and Canada, consisting of a roasted Marshmallow and a slab of

Roman Catholicism

• Saint Blane, bishop (of Ceann-Garadh) [Scotland]
• Saint Deusdedit
• Saint Lawrence, deacon, martyr 258, patron saint of accountants, cooks and local history [common]
• Our Lady of Good Success of Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines
• Saint Geraint of Dumnonia

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Saint Blane ( Old Irish Bláán) was a Bishop and Confessor in Scotland, born on the island of Bute, date unknown Saint Deusdedit (died 14 July 664 was the sixth (and first Saxon) Archbishop of Canterbury. Our Lady of Good Success, also called as Our Lady of Good Events (Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso Filipino: Ina ng Mabubuting Pangyayari) is the one of The City of Parañaque (pop 449811 2000 Census or simply Parañaque ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Parañaque The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Geraint is a character from Welsh folklore and Arthurian legend, a king of Dumnonia and a valiant warrior For the Brythonic colony of the same name in Brittany see Domnonée Dumnonia, sometimes referred to as Damnolia, was a Brythonic

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