On this day in History - Aug 10

612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.
612 BC - Sinsharishkun dies. Assyrian king
0258 - Saint Lawrence dies. Martyr
0955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
0997 - Las tropas de Almanzor saquean y destruyen la ciudad de Santiago de Compostela, llevándose como recompensa las campanas de la ciudad.
1267 - James II of Aragon was born (d. 1327) .
1382 - Tratado de paz entre D. Fernando e João I de Castela
1397 - Albert II of Habsburg was born. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1415 - Frota portuguesa com 50 mil soldados chega em Ceuta
1500 - Diego Diaz, explorador português, é o primeiro europeu a desembarcar na ilha de Madagascar, situada no Oceano Índico.
1511 - Afonso de Albuquerque conquista Malaca.
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's 5 ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
1520 - Madeleine de Valois was born (d. 1537). Queen of James V of Scotland.
1557 - Batalla de San Quintín: Las tropas españolas de Felipe II derrotan a las francesas de Enrique II.
1608 - Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
1645 - Eusebio Kino was born (d. 1711). Italian Catholic missionary
1647 - Rodrigo Caro dies. Spanish writer.
1653 - Maarten Tromp dies. Dutch admiral .
1678 - A paz de Nimega põe fim à guerra que Luis XIV da França travava contra Espanha, Holanda, estados alemães e Dinamarca
1716 - Eugenius Bulgaris was born (d. 10 Jun 1806). Greek Orthodox theologian and scholar
1723 - Guillaume Dubois dies (b. 1656). French cardinal and statesman.
1759 - Fernando VI of Spain, dies.
1759 - Carlos III es proclamado rey de España.
1792 - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.
1809 - Quito, now the [[capital] of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain.
1813 - Se funda el Instituto Nacional de Chile, actual Instituto Nacional Gral. José Miguel Carrera.
1806 - Michael Haydn dies (b. 1737). Austrian composer.
1821 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
1821 - Jay Cooke was born (d. 18 Feb 1905). American financier
1823 - Charles Keene was born (d. 4 Jan 1891). English artist and illustrator for Punch magazine
1823 - Antonio Gonçalves Dias was born. Brazilian poet. "I Juca Pirama", "Canção do Exílio".
1837 - Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1839 - John St Aubyn dies. British fossil collector
1843 - Joseph McKenna was born (d. 21 Nov 1926). American Supreme Court justice (1898-1925)
1844 - Manuel Menéndez assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência do Peru
1845 - Abai Kunanbaev was born (d. 1904). Kazak poet.
1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist Joseph Smithson.
1856 - In Louisiana, a hurricane kills about 400 people.
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek - The war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
1862 - Shusaku Honinbo dies. Go player
1865 - Aleksandr Glazunov was born (d. 21 Mar 1936). Russian symphonic composer
1869 - Laurence Binyon was born (d. 1943). British poet
1869 - Gabriel García Moreno assume (pela 3º vez) a presidência do Equador
1872 - Bill Johnson was born (d. 1972). Jazz musician.
1874 - Herbert Hoover was born (d. 20 Oct 1964). 31st President of the United States
1875 - Karl Andree dies (b. 1808). German geographer
1877 - Frank Marshall was born (d. 1944). Chess player.
1878 - Alfred Döblin was born (d. 1957). German writer.
1880 - Robert L. Thornton was born. American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas.
1890 - Nascimento de Béchara El-Khoury. Presidente do Líbano (1943-1952)
1890 - Remigio Morales Bermúdez assume a presidência do Peru enquanto Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel Salazar assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro
1891 - Jacques Lipchitz was born (d. 26 May 1973). Russian-born French sculptor.
1893 - Douglas Stuart Moore was born (d. 25 Jul 1969). American composer of folk operas
1893 - At Augsburg, Rudolf Diesel's prime model runs on its own power for the first time. Because of this, August 10 is the International Biodiesel Day.
1894 - Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca was born (d. 16 Aug 1946). Latvian-born American labor leader
1896 - Otto Lilienthal dies. Aviation pioneer.
1898 - Jack Haley was born (d. 1979). Actor.
1900 - Arthur Espie Porritt was born. New Zealand politician and athlete
1900 - Wolfgang Pauli was born (d. 1958). Physicist.
1902 - Norma Shearer was born (d. 1983). Actress.
1902 - Curt Siodmak was born (d. 2000). Science fiction author.
1903 - Morrem 84 pessoas num acidente de metro em Paris.
1904 - Nascimento de Clemente Yerovi Indaburu . Presidente do Equador em 1966
1904- Fundação do Club Sport Costarricense - Costa Rica
1905 - Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth.
1905 - Eugene Dennis was born (d. 31 Jan 1961). American Communist Party leader and labor organizer
1909 - Leo Fender was born (d. 21 Mar 1991). American inventor and manufacturer of musical instruments .
1912 - Jorge Amado was born. Brazilian novelist.
1912 - Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno assume a presidência do Equador
1913 - Wolfgang Paul was born (d. 1993). German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1913 - Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
1920 - World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sevres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
1923 - Rhonda Fleming was born. Actress .
1923 - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida dies (b. 1863). Spanish painter.
1924 - Carlos Castro Saavedra was born. Colombian writer and poet
1928 - Jimmy Dean was born. Singer .
1932 - Rin Tin Tin dies in Los Angeles, California (b. 1918). French actor.
1932 - A 5.1 kg chondrite type meteorite broke into at least seven pieces and struck earth near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
1932 - Intento de golpe de estado en España, protagonizado por el general Sanjurjo, denominado la "sanjurjada". Tras intentar huir a Portugal, es detenido en Huelva, juzgado y condenado a muerte, el Presidente de la República le conmuta la pena por cadena perpetua. En 1934, es amnistiado por el gobierno del partido radical y se traslada a Portugal, donde moriría en accidente de aviación al tratar de volver a España para encabezar la sublevación que dio origen a la guerra civil.
1933 - Doyle Brunson was born. Professional poker player.
1934 - Manuel Ríos was born. Spanish writer.
1938 - Manuel María Borrero González assume a presidência do Equador
1939 - Kate O'Mara was born. British actress
1940 - Julio Enrique Moreno assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência do Equador
1940 - Bobby Hatfield was born (d. 2003). American singer (Righteous Brothers)
1943 - Ronnie Spector was born. Singer, lead singer of the Ronettes
1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
1945 - Robert Goddard dies. Rocket scientist
1946 - James Reynolds was born Actor (''Days of Our Lives'')
1947 - Ian Anderson was born. Musician (Jethro Tull) .
1948 - Patti Austin was born. Singer
1948 - Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
1948 - Montague Summers dies (b. 1880). English writer.
1949 - US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Bill, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the United States Department of Defense.
1949 - Gene Johnson was born. Country musician (Diamond Rio)
1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly was born. Actor.
1952 - Entra em vigor a Comunidade Europeia do Carvão e do Aço (CECA).
1954 - At Massena, New York, the ground breaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
1954 - Indonesia proclama su independencia y se desvincula de Holanda.
1956 - Fafá de Belém was born. Brazilian singer.
1959 - Rosanna Arquette was born. Actress.
1959 - Inauguração, em Salvador, do Museu de Arte Sacra da Bahia (Brasil).
1960 - Antonio Banderas was born. Spanish actor.
1961 - Jon Farriss was born. Rock musician (INXS) .
1961 - Dinamarca apresenta pedido de adesão as Comunidades Européias
1962 - Julia Fordham was born. Singer.
1963 - Andrew Sullivan was born. Journalist.
1963 - Estes Kefauver dies. U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
1963 - João Baião was born at Buraca. Portuguese actor and TV star ("Big show Sic").
1964 - Afonso Eduardo Reidy dies. Brazilian architect.
1964 - Neneh Cherry was born. Singer
1964 - Aaron Hall was born. Singer
1965 - Claudia Christian was born. Actress
1965 - Mike Smith was born. Hall of Fame jockey
1965 - John Starks was born. Basketball player
1967 - Todd Nichols was born. Rock musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
1967 - Riddick Bowe was born. Boxer
1967 - Lorraine Pearson was born. Musician (Five Star)
1968 - Michael Bivins was born. Singer-producer
1969 - A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
1969 -presidente da Zâmbia, Kenneth Kaunda, anuncia a nacionalização das companhias mineiras de cobre indispensáveis para a economia do país.
1971 - Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1971 - Justin Theroux was born. Actor
1971 - Roy Keane was born., Irish footballer
1971 - Fábio Assunção was born in São Paulo. Brazilian actor.
1972 - Angie Harmon was born. Model and actress
1973 - Jennifer Hanson was born. Country singer
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 year's period.
1979 - JoAnna Garcia was born. Actress.
1979 - Jaime Roldós Aguilera assume a presidência do Equador
1980 - Yahya Khan dies. President of Pakistan
1981 - The head of John Walsh's son Adam is found in Hollywood, Florida. This event will later prompt the U.S. Congress to pass the Missing Children's 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 America's Most Wanted.
1983 - Morte de José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo. Primeiro-ministro de Portugal (1975-1976)
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.
1988 - Rodrigo Borja Cevallos assume a presidência do Equador.
1989 - O descarrilamento de um comboio nas proximidades de Guamuchil, estado mexicano de Sinaloa, deixa pelo menos 108 mortos, 20 desaparecidos e 198 feridos.
1990 - The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
1993 - Øystein Aarseth dies. Musician (Mayhem)
1994 - President Bill Clinton claimed presidential immunity in asking a federal judge to dismiss, at least for the time being, a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones, a former Arkansas state employee.
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.
1996 - Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz assume a presidência do Equador
1997 - Conlon Nancarrow dies. Composer .
1998 - Jamil Mahuad assume a presidência do Equador
1999 - Morre, em Sintra, Ernesto de Melo Antunes (n. 2 Out 1933). Militar e político português ideólogo da “Revolução dos Cravos”. Foi o principal autor do documento O Movimento das Forças Armadas e a Nação e do programa do MFA. Foi Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros durante os Governos Provisórios e o primeiro subscritor do Documento dos Nove no Verão quente de 1975.
2002 - Casamento do ator Nicolas Cage com Lisa Marie Presley
2002 - Kristen Nygaard dies. Computer scientist
2003 - Carmita Jimenez dies. Puerto Rican singer.
2003 - Casamento da modelo Xenia Seeberg com Sven Martinek
2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in England, 38.5°C, occurs in Kent.
Roman Empire - Festival in honor of Ops
Ancient Latvia - Labrenca Diena held
Independence Day in Ecuador -- Movement began in Quito in 1809. Independence not achieved till May 1822.