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Page 8: Historical Events In August - 10

Saturday, 26 April 2025

1993  Ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  On August - 10 bill Baker, singer, dies at 58  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  Fay Honey Knopp, activist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78 on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1997  On August - 10 jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2006  London Metropolitan Police make 21 arrests in connection to an apparent terrorist plot that involved aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. New TSA regulations are put into effect on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2010  The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2013  6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2014  Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to another 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On August - 10 scientists study identifying nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency major cause of miscarriages and multiple birth defects published in "New England Journal of Medicine"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  US President Donald Trump declares opioid addiction a national emergency on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On August - 10 taylor Swift testifies that DJ David Mueller groped her in court in Denver, Colorado  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On August - 10 100 year-old fruit cake by Huntley & Palmers deemed "almost eatable" after being discovered in hut used by Captain Scott's expedition in Antarctica  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On August - 10 evidence of one million Uighurs being held in "counter-extremism centers" in China presented to UN Committee on Human Rights  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On this day in history anti-government protests begin in Bucharest, Romania, with over 400 injured in clashes with police  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On August - 10 landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On August - 10 turkish lira falls dramatically after US President Trump announces tariff increases on Turkish steel and aluminum  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Omarosa Manigault Newman, former aide to US President Trump , releases taped recordings of her firing from The White House on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  Morogoro tanker explosion: A fuel tanker truck explodes in Morogoro, Tanzania, killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  32 are killed and 1,000,000 evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  On August - 10 canary Islands wildfires: A number of forest fires break out in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong Kong under its new security laws on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2021  On August - 10 governor of New York Andrew Cuomo resigns amid a sexual harassment scandal  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2023  Tapestry, the holding company of Coach New York and Kate Spade, announces it will acquire Michael Kors' Capri Holdings, which also owns Versace and Jimmy Choo on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1360  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 10

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1628  On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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