Historical Events In August - 10

1993  On this day in history ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82  

1994  On August - 10 bill Baker, singer, dies at 58  

1995  Fay Honey Knopp, activist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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.  

2010  The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns on August - 10.  

2013  On this day in history 6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia  

2014  On this day in history israeli and Palestinian officials agree to another 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt  

2017  Scientists study identifying nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency major cause of miscarriages and multiple birth defects published in "New England Journal of Medicine" on August - 10.  

2017  US President Donald Trump declares opioid addiction a national emergency on August - 10.  

2017  Taylor Swift testifies that DJ David Mueller groped her in court in Denver, Colorado on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history evidence of one million Uighurs being held in "counter-extremism centers" in China presented to UN Committee on Human Rights  

2018  On August - 10 anti-government protests begin in Bucharest, Romania, with over 400 injured in clashes with police  

2018  Landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer on this day in history.  

2018  Turkish lira falls dramatically after US President Trump announces tariff increases on Turkish steel and aluminum on this day in history.  

2018  On August - 10 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 August - 10.  

2019  On this day in history morogoro tanker explosion: A fuel tanker truck explodes in Morogoro, Tanzania, killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more.  

2019  32 are killed and 1,000,000 evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines on this day in history.  

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  On August - 10 hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong Kong under its new security laws  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide on this day in history.  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg  

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.  

1397  Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) was born on August - 10.  

1489  On this day in history birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)  

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.  

1556  On August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.  

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.  

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.  

1002  On this day in history al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered  

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on this day in history.  

1628  On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned