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August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 654 – ...
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. 1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state. 1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of ...
August 10, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Men's 4 x 400m Relay at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The Olympic schedule for Saturday, Aug. 10, is filled with thrilling events and record-breaking athletes, so be ...
The Declaration of Independence, the most consequential and perhaps most heroic challenge to authority in human annals, reached the ear of King George III in London on this day in history, August ...
Insurrection of 10 August 1792. / 48.86222°N 2.33250°E / 48.86222; 2.33250. The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and ...
August 10, 2023 at 6:59 AM. An American nurse and her daughter have been released in Haiti after being kidnapped around two weeks ago. This comes after the abduction garnered international ...
1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.; 1933 – Doyle Brunson (pictured), considered one of the most influential forces in poker and the author of the seminal guides to the sport Super/System, is born.
August's birthstones are the peridot, sardonyx, and spinel. [9] Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy , meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. [ 10 ] The Western zodiac signs are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onward).