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 (d. 1864). 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.
• 1921 - Carlos de Oliveira was born in Belém do Pará (d. Lisbon, 1 Jul 1981). Brazilian-born Portuguese poet and writer.
• 1922 - Rui Knopfli was born. Mozambican poet.
• 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 Establishement 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 in Belém do Pará. Brazilian singer.
• 1959 - Rosanna Arquette was born. Actress.
• 1959 - Né Ladeiras was born. Portuguese singer.
• 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
• 1979 - Walter Gerlach dies (b. 1889). German physicist.
• 1980 - Yahya Khan dies (b. 1917). 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.
• 1981 - Natsumi Abe was born. Japanese singer and actress
• 1982 - Devon Aoki was born. Supermodel and actress
• 1982 - Abel Manta dies. Portuguese painter.
• 1983 - Morte de José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo. Primeiro-ministro de Portugal (1975-1976)
• 1983 - Alexander Perezhogin was born. Professional ice hockey player
• 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.
• 1995 - José Valente dies. Portuguese economist.
• 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 - Nicolas Cage / Lisa Marie Presley wedding
• 2002 - Kristen Nygaard dies. Computer scientist
• 2003 - Carmita Jimenez dies. Puerto Rican singer.
• 2003 - Xenia Seeberg / Sven Martinek wedding.
• 2003 - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space.
• 2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in England, 38.5°C, occurs in Kent.
• 2005 - Lee Seung Seop dies from exhaustion in South Korea after playing the computer game StarCraft continuously for 49 hours.
• 2005 - Rui Silva wins for Portugal the bronze medal in 1500 m in The World Championships in Helsinki.
• 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.