What are the important events that happened on August 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 10 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 28, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,720,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosatrigon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 172 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,250 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 10: This Day In History
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.
August 10 Historical Events
- 991 –Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
- 1755 –Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1809 –Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- 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”.
- 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.
- 1901 –The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
- 1913 –Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
- 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.
- 1969 –A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
Who were born on August 10?
- 1602 –Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
- 1827 –Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician (d. 1870)
- 1856 –William Willett, English daylight saving time advocate (d. 1915)
- 1860 –Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musicologist (d. 1936)
- 1908 –Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)
- 1940 –Bobby Hatfield, American singer (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
- 1964 –Aaron Hall, American songwriter
- 1967 –Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
- 1979 –Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author
- 1992 –Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress
Who died on August 10?
- 1723 –Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
- 1839 –John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. 1758)
- 1928 –Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1929 –Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1948 –Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (b. 1873)
- 1963 –Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist (b. 1877)
- 1979 –Dick Foran, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1999 –Paṇḍit Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
- 2002 –Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)
- 2007 –Chris Reyka, American law enforcement official (b. 1956)
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