Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In August - 10
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1993 On August - 10 ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 
1994 Bill Baker, singer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1995 On August - 10 fay Honey Knopp, activist, dies at 76
1996 On this day in history adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43 on August - 10.
2006 London Metropolitan Police make 21 arrests in connection to an apparent terrorist plot that involved aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. New TSA regulations are put into effect on this day in history.
2010 On this day in history the World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.
2013 6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia on August - 10.
2014 Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to another 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt on August - 10.
2017 On this day in history scientists study identifying nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency major cause of miscarriages and multiple birth defects published in "New England Journal of Medicine"
2017 US President Donald Trump declares opioid addiction a national emergency on August - 10.
2017 On this day in history taylor Swift testifies that DJ David Mueller groped her in court in Denver, Colorado
2017 100 year-old fruit cake by Huntley & Palmers deemed "almost eatable" after being discovered in hut used by Captain Scott's expedition in Antarctica on August - 10.
2018 On August - 10 evidence of one million Uighurs being held in "counter-extremism centers" in China presented to UN Committee on Human Rights
2018 Anti-government protests begin in Bucharest, Romania, with over 400 injured in clashes with police on this day in history.
2018 On August - 10 landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer
2018 Turkish lira falls dramatically after US President Trump announces tariff increases on Turkish steel and aluminum on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history omarosa Manigault Newman, former aide to US President Trump , releases taped recordings of her firing from The White House
2018 Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century on this day in history.
2019 On August - 10 morogoro tanker explosion: A fuel tanker truck explodes in Morogoro, Tanzania, killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more.
2019 On August - 10 32 are killed and 1,000,000 evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.
2019 On this day in history canary Islands wildfires: A number of forest fires break out in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages.
2020 Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong Kong under its new security laws on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide.
2021 Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo resigns amid a sexual harassment scandal on this day in history.
2023 On this day in history tapestry, the holding company of Coach New York and Kate Spade, announces it will acquire Michael Kors' Capri Holdings, which also owns Versace and Jimmy Choo.
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