About 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 this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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.
- 1557 –Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
- 1628 –The Swedish warship ship sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
- 1793 –The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
- 1809 –Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- 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.
- 1920 –World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI’s representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
- 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.
- 1948 –Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
- 1954 –At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
- 1971 –The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
- 1977 –In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
- 1978 –Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- 1990 –More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
- 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.
- 1998 –HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
- 2009 –Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.
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