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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 28, 2020 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,616,960 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.
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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 186 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 2,789 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
- 1557 –Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
- 1675 –The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
- 1680 –The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
- 1755 –Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
- 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.
- 1913 –Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
- 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.
- 1978 –Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- 1993 –An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
Who were born on August 10?
- 1645 –Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)
- 1839 –Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896)
- 1880 –Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician (d. 1964)
- 1891 –Henry O'Neill, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1928 –Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor (d. 2010)
- 1928 –Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman (d. 2010)
- 1943 –Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricketer
- 1947 –Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1977 –Matt Morgan, British comedian
- 1979 –Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
Who died on August 10?
- 1637 –Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
- 1723 –Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
- 1915 –Henry Moseley, English physicist (b. 1887)
- 1928 –Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1932 –Rin Tin Tin, American canine film actor (b. 1918)
- 1948 –Andrew Brown, Scottish football coach (b. 1870)
- 1993 –Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth), Norwegian guitarist (Mayhem) (b. 1968)
- 2002 –Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926)
- 2007 –Chris Reyka, American law enforcement official (b. 1956)
- 2007 –James E. Faust, American religious figure (b. 1920)
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