August 10
is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 143 days remaining.
The term "the 10th of August" is widely used by historians as a
shorthand for the
Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August,
1792, the effective end of the
French monarchy until it was
restored in
1814.
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612 BC - Killing of
Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of
Nineveh.
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610 - In
Islam, the traditional date of the
Laylat al-Qadr, when
Muhammed began to receive the
Qur'an.
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955 -
Battle of Lechfeld:
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats
Magyars, ending 50 years of
Magyar invasion of the West.
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1316 -
Second Battle of Athenry *
1519 -
Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from
Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
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1628 - Swedish warship
Regalskeppet Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.
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1680 -
Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
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1776 -
American Revolutionary War: Word of the
United States Declaration of Independence reaches
London.
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1792 -
French Revolution:
Storming of the Tuileries Palace.
Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.
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1809 -
Quito, now the
capital of
Ecuador, declares independence from
Spain.
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1821 -
Missouri is admitted as the 24th
U.S. state.
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1846 - The
Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the
U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist
James Smithson.
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1856 - In
Last Island,
Louisiana, a
hurricane kills about 400 people.
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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.
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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.
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1905 -
Russian and
Japanese
peace negotiations begin in
Portsmouth.
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1913 -
Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from
Bulgaria,
Romania,
Serbia,
Montenegro, and
Greece sign the
Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
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1920 -
World War I:
Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the
Treaty of Sevres which divides up the
Ottoman Empire between the
Allies.
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1923- US:
Carlo Tresca, Italian-American
anarchist, arrested.
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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.
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1934 - US:
Anarchist conference at Stelton, N.J., August 10-11
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1944 -
World War II: American forces defeat the last
Japanese troops on
Guam.
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1948 -
Candid Camera makes its
television debut after being on
radio for a year as
Candid Microphone.
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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.
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1954 - At
Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the
St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
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1969 - A day after murdering
Sharon Tate and four others, members of
Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
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1971 -
Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th member of the
500 home run club with a
home run at
Metropolitan Stadium in
Bloomington, Minnesota.
*1971 - The
Society for American Baseball Research is founded in
Cooperstown, New York.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1990 - The
Magellan space probe reaches
Venus.
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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.
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2001 - The
Hudson River Way is opened to traffic.
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2003 - The highest temperature ever 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.
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2003 -
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space.
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2003 - The American television series
Futurama ends
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2005 -
Lee Seung Seop dies from exhaustion in South Korea after playing the computer game
StarCraft continuously for 49 hours.
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2006 -
Scotland Yard disrupts
major terrorist plot to destroy
aircraft travelling from the
United Kingdom to the
United States in mid-air.
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2006 -
Chelsea FC captain
John Terry is named as the new successor to
David Beckham as the
England captain.
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2006 - The
Department of Homeland Security raises the
Homeland Security Advisory System level to Code Red (the highest level) for commercial flights from the United Kingdom to the United States (for the first time since the system's initiation).
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1267 - King
James II of Aragon (d.
1327)
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1296 -
John I, Count of Luxemburg (d.
1346)
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1360 -
Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d.
1417)
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1397 -
Albert II of Germany,
Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1439)
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1489 -
Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d.
1553)
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1520 -
Madeleine de Valois, wife of
James V of Scotland (d.
1537)
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1560 -
Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d.
1629)
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1602 -
Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d.
1675)
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1645 -
Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d.
1711)
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1737 -
Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d.
1773)
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1821 -
Jay Cooke, American financier (d.
1905)
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1839 -
Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (d.
1896)
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1845 -
Abai Kunanbaev, Kazakh poet (d.
1904)
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1856 -
William Willett, English inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d.
1915)
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1860 -
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d.
1936)
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1865 -
Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d.
1936)
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1869 -
Laurence Binyon, British poet (d.
1943)
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1872 -
Bill Johnson, American musician (d.
1972)
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1874 -
Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st
President of the United States (d.
1964)
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1877 -
Frank Marshall, American chess player (d.
1944)
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1878 -
Alfred Döblin, German writer (d.
1957)
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1880 -
Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d.
1964)
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1884 -
Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d.
1935)
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1890 -
Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d.
1954)
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1898 -
Jack Haley, American actor (d.
1979)
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1900 -
Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d.
1994)
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1902 -
Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d.
1983)
* 1902 -
Curt Siodmak, German-born author (d.
2000)
* 1902 -
Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (d.
1971)
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1905 -
Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d.
1986)
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1909 -
Leo Fender, American luthier (d.
1991)
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1912 -
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d.
2001)
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1913 -
Wolfgang Paul, German physicist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (d.
1993)
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1914 -
Jeff Corey, American actor (d.
2002)
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1923 -
Rhonda Fleming, American actress
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1927 -
Vernon Washington, American actor (d.
1988)
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1928 -
Jimmy Dean, American singer
* 1928 -
Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor
* 1928 -
Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor
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1933 -
Doyle Brunson, American poker player
* 1933 -
Rocky Colavito,
Major League Baseball player
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1939 -
Kate O'Mara, British actress
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1940 -
Bobby Hatfield, American singer (
Righteous Brothers) (d.
2003)
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1943 -
Ronnie Spector, American singer (
Ronettes)
* 1943 -
Louise Forestier, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
* 1943 -
Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (
Bread) (d.
2005)
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1945 -
Harriet Miers,
White House counsel*
1947 -
Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (
Jethro Tull)
* 1947 -
Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
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1948 -
Patti Austin, American R&B and jazz singer
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1950 -
Rémy Girard,
Québécois actor
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1952 -
Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
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1959 -
Rosanna Arquette, American model and actress
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1961 -
Jon Farriss, Australian musician (
INXS)
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1960 -
Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
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1963 -
Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist
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1965 -
Claudia Christian, American actress
* 1965 -
Mike E. Smith, American jockey
* 1965 -
John Starks, American basketball player
* 1966 -
Hansi Kürsch, German singer
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1967 -
Riddick Bowe, American boxer
* 1967 -
Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
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1968 -
Michael Bivins, American singer (
New Edition &
Bell Biv DeVoe)
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1971 -
Roy Keane, Irish footballer
* 1971 -
Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer
* 1971 -
Justin Theroux, American actor
* 1971 -
Sal Fasano, American baseball player
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1972 -
Angie Harmon, American model and actress
* 1972 -
Christofer Johnsson, Swedish heavy metal musician
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1973 -
Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
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1973 -
Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
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1974 -
David Sommeil, French footballer
*1974 -
Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer
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1976 -
Michael Depoli, American professional wrestler
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1977 -
Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer
* 1977 -
Aaron Kamin, American musician (
The Calling)
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1980 -
Kaysar Ridha, Big Brother 6 and All-Stars reality contestant
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1981 -
Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress
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1982 -
Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
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1983 -
Alexander Perezhogin, professional ice hockey player
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612 BC -
Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king
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258 -
Saint Lawrence, martyr
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1535 -
Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b.
1509)
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1633 -
Anthony Munday, English writer (b.
1553)
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1637 -
Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b.
1582)
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1653 -
Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b.
1598)
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1655 -
Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b.
1572)
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1723 -
Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b.
1656)
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1759 - King
Ferdinand VI of Spain (b.
1713)
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1784 -
Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b.
1713)
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1802 -
Franz Aepinus, German scientist (b.
1724)
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1806 -
Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (b.
1737)
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1839 -
John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b.
1758)
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1862 -
Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (b.
1829)
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1875 -
Karl Andree, German geographer (b.
1808)
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1896 -
Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (b.
1848)
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1915 -
Henry Moseley, English physicist (b.
1887)
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1920 -
Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (b.
1835)
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1945 -
Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (b.
1882)
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1948 -
Montague Summers, English writer (b.
1880)
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1958 -
Frank Demaree, baseball player (b.
1910)
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1963 -
Estes Kefauver, American politician,
United States Congressman & Senator from Tennessee (b.
1903)
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1963 -
Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b.
1877)
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1969 -
Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b.
1925)
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1969 -
Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (b.
1930)
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1976 -
Bert Oldfield, Australian test cricketer (b.
1894)
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1979 -
Walter Gerlach, German physicist (b.
1889)
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1980 -
Yahya Khan,
President of Pakistan (b.
1917)
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1993 -
Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (
Mayhem) (b.
1968)
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1997 -
Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (b.
1912)
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2002 -
Michael Houser, American guitarist (
Widespread Panic) (b.
1962)
* 2002 -
Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b.
1926)
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2003 -
Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer
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2005 -
Lee Seung Seop, Korean gamer
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Roman festivals -
Opalia, festival in honor of
Ops*Ancient
Latvia -
Labrenca Diena held
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Independence Day in
Ecuador -- Movement began in
Quito in
1809. Independence not achieved till May 1822.
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Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints:
**St.
Laurence**St.
Blaan**St.
Deusdedit*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
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