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 222^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 28, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 487,440 hours 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 ‘dihectaicosadigon’ 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 191 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 4,615 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.
• 1846 –
  The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1978 –
  Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• 1990 –
  More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
• 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?

• 1810 –
  Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Italian diplomat and politician (d. 1861)
• 1821 –
  Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)
• 1827 –
  Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician (d. 1870)
• 1895 –
  Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
• 1902 –
  Curt Siodmak, German-born English novelist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1947 –
  Ian Anderson, Scottish singer and flutist (Jethro Tull)
• 1959 –
  Mark Price, drummer/percussionist
• 1967 –
  Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
• 1978 –
  Chris Read, English cricketer
• 1978 –
  Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer

Who died on August 10?

• 258 –
  Lawrence of Rome (Saint Lawrence), Spanish-born deacon of Rome (martyred) (b. 225)
• 1759 –
  King Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1904 –
  Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (b. 1846)
• 1920 –
  Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician (b. 1835)
• 1963 –
  Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist (b. 1877)
• 1985 –
  Nate Barragar, American football player (b. 1906)
• 1986 –
  Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (b. 1951)
• 2003 –
  Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer (b. c. 1944)
• 2007 –
  James E. Faust, American religious figure (b. 1920)
• 2008 –
  Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and actor (b. 1942)