History Events on August 10

Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.

#Candid_Camera

The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.

#1856_Last_Island_hurricane

World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.

#World_War_I

Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.

#Vietnam_War

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

#Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich

First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.

#First_Indochina_War

A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

#Sharon_Tate

German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

#Felix_Hoffmann

Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

#Murder_of_Adam_Walsh

A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

#Chondrite

HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

#Al-Muhtadee_Billah

The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

#Magellan_(spacecraft)

After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.

#National_Party_(Uruguay)

The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.

#Okinawa_Urban_Monorail

Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.

#Quito

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

#Russo-Japanese_War

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

#Smithsonian_Institution

Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.

#Charles_Lawrence_(British_Army_officer)

World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German-Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.

#Battle_of_Narva_(1944)

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.

#Ferdinand_Magellan

Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

#Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire

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

#American_Revolutionary_War

Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Tren?ín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.

#Handlová

Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw? shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw? event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.

#List_of_earthquakes_in_New_Zealand

Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.

#Sepahan_Airlines_Flight_5915

Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.

#Ford_Pinto

Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551-59.

#Battle_of_St._Quentin_(1557)

At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.

#Massena,_New_York

King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.

#Marthanda_Varma

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.

#Yonkers,_New_York

Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.

#Second_Balkan_War

French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

#French_Revolution

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.

#Harry_S._Truman

Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.

#Battle_of_Maldon

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

#World_War_II

European heat wave: The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England.

#2003_European_heat_wave

The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.

#Battle_of_Saint-Mathieu

American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.

#American_Civil_War

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

#Vasa_(ship)

Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things".

#Instituto_Nacional_General_José_Miguel_Carrera

Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

#Oklahoma_City_bombing

Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.

#Missouri

32 are killed and 1,000,000 are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.

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

The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.

Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.

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.

The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.

The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.

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

The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.

The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.

The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.

The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.

Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.

Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.

Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.