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This Date in History - August 10th
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* 610 In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.
* 955 Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
* 991 Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, Duke of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
* 1270 Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year interregnum.
* 1316 Second Battle of Athenry.
* 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. Second in command Sebastian Elcano, Basque navigator, completes the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
* 1557 Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
* 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.
* 1675 The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
* 1680 The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
* 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.
* 1809 Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. (The rebellion was crushed on August 2, 1810.)
* 1821 Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
* 1829 First ascent of Finsteraarhorn, the highest summit of the Bernese Alps.
* 1846 The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000 for such a purpose.
* 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.
* 1904 Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets.
* 1905 Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth.
* 1913 Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
* 1920 World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sθvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
* 1932 A 5.1kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
* 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.
* 1949 U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
* 1954 At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
* 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.
* 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 were 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. Inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.
* 1988 Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
* 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
* 1990 The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries.
* 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 agreement for his testimony.
* 1998 The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the crown prince of Brunei.
* 2003 The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
* 2003 Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
* 2006 Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.
* 2009 Twenty people are killed in Handlovα, Trenčνn Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
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This Date in History - August 10th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 610 In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.
* 955 Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
* 991 Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, Duke of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
* 1270 Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year interregnum.
* 1316 Second Battle of Athenry.
* 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. Second in command Sebastian Elcano, Basque navigator, completes the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
* 1557 Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
* 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.
* 1675 The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
* 1680 The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
* 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.
* 1809 Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. (The rebellion was crushed on August 2, 1810.)
* 1821 Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
* 1829 First ascent of Finsteraarhorn, the highest summit of the Bernese Alps.
* 1846 The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000 for such a purpose.
* 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.
* 1904 Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets.
* 1905 Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth.
* 1913 Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
* 1920 World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sθvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
* 1932 A 5.1kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
* 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.
* 1949 U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
* 1954 At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
* 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.
* 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 were 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. Inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.
* 1988 Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
* 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
* 1990 The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries.
* 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 agreement for his testimony.
* 1998 The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the crown prince of Brunei.
* 2003 The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
* 2003 Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
* 2006 Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.
* 2009 Twenty people are killed in Handlovα, Trenčνn Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
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