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 223^rd 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, 1,723,248,000 seconds 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.

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

• 1519 –
  Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan’s death in the Philippines.
• 1680 –
  The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
• 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.
• 1961 –
  First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2003 –
  Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
• 2009 –
  Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.

Who were born on August 10?

• 1560 –
  Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)
• 1865 –
  Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
• 1924 –
  Nancy Buckingham, British romance novelist
• 1937 –
  Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician
• 1943 –
  Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricketer
• 1953 –
  Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer
• 1960 –
  Kenny Perry, American golfer
• 1979 –
  Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1979 –
  Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver
• 1983 –
  Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player

Who died on August 10?

• 258 –
  Lawrence of Rome (Saint Lawrence), Spanish-born deacon of Rome (martyred) (b. 225)
• 1723 –
  Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
• 1802 –
  Franz Aepinus, German natural philosopher (b. 1724)
• 1862 –
  Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1932 –
  Rin Tin Tin, American canine film actor (b. 1918)
• 1948 –
  Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (b. 1873)
• 1963 –
  Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist (b. 1877)
• 1986 –
  Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (b. 1951)
• 2001 –
  Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 2002 –
  Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926)