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10 August, 2006
Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States.
10 August, 2005
Lee Seung Seop dies from exhaustion in South Korea after playing the computer game StarCraft continuously for 49 hours.
10 August, 2003
The highest temperature ever is recorded in the UK, 38.5°C (101.3°F), occurs in Kent [1]. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
10 August, 2001
The Hudson River Way is opened to traffic.
10 August, 2000
World Population reaches 6 billion according to www.ibiblio.org world population tracker.
10 August, 1998
The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei.
10 August, 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. Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit against the St. Louis Cardinals in the only case of baseball forfeit in the latter 30 years of the 20th century after fans throw souvenir baseballs on to the field en masse.
10 August, 1990
The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in the North East Sri Lanka by the paramilitaries.
10 August, 1988
Japanese American Internment: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II.
10 August, 1981
The head of John Walshs son Adam is found in Hollywood, Florida. This event will later prompt the U.S. Congress to pass the Missing Childrens Act, giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation greater authority to track the disappearance of children. It also makes Walsh a national spokesman against crime and eventually leads to the establishment of Americas Most Wanted.
10 August, 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 a years period.
10 August, 1971
Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
10 August, 1969
A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Mansons cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
10 August, 1954
At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
10 August, 1949
US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the United States Department of Defense.
10 August, 1948
Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
10 August, 1944
World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
10 August, 1934
US: Anarchist conference at Stelton, N.J., August 10-11
10 August, 1932
A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
10 August, 1923
US: Carlo Tresca, Italian-American anarchist, arrested.
10 August, 1920
World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VIs representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
10 August, 1913
Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
10 August, 1905
Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth.
10 August, 1904
The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets.
10 August, 1901
C A E Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain allegedly experience a time slip, encountering the ghost of Marie Antoinette in the gardens of Versailles. The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
10 August, 1893
At Augsburg, Rudolf Diesels prime model runs on its own power for the first time. Because of this, August 10 is the International Biodiesel Day.
10 August, 1861
American Civil War: Battle of Wilsons Creek - The war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
10 August, 1856
In Last Island, Louisiana, the 1856 Last Island Hurricane kills between 200 and 400 people.
10 August, 1846
The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson.
10 August, 1821
Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
10 August, 1809
Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain.
10 August, 1792
French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.
10 August, 1776
American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
10 August, 1680
Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
10 August, 1628
The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.
10 August, 1557
Battle of St. Quentin Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars
10 August, 1519
Ferdinand Magellans five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
10 August, 1316
Second Battle of Athenry
10 August, 991
Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The English are defeated and the story is immortalized in a well-known poem.
10 August, 955
Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
10 August, 610
In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammed began to receive the Quran.

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