THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― AUGUST 10

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

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 was restored in 1814.

NATIONAL LAZY DAY


1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.

1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.

1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.


1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.

1901 – The U.S. Steel strike in recognition by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.

1944 – World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.

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.


1961 – First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.


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.

1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

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.

2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F (38 °C).


2012 – The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.


TODAY'S BIRTHS

1814 – Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (d. 1890)

1865 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1936)

1874 – Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)

1889 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (d. 1967)

1909 – Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)

From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.