About 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 this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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August 10: More About This Day
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.
What Happened On August 10
- 1270 –Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
- 1316 –The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
- 1755 –Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
- 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.
- 1813 –Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile’s oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means “Work conquers all things”.
- 1821 –Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
- 1846 –The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
- 1905 –Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- 1913 –Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
- 1944 –World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
- 1948 –Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
- 1969 –A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
- 1971 –The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
- 1978 –Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- 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.
- 1993 –An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
- 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.
- 2009 –Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.
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