Historical Events In August - 10

1993  Ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 on August - 10.  

1994  On this day in history bill Baker, singer, dies at 58  

1995  On August - 10 fay Honey Knopp, activist, dies at 76  

1996  On August - 10 adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78  

1997  Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43 on this day in history.  

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  The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns on this day in history.  

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  On August - 10 uS President Donald Trump declares opioid addiction a national emergency  

2017  Taylor Swift testifies that DJ David Mueller groped her in court in Denver, Colorado on August - 10.  

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  Evidence of one million Uighurs being held in "counter-extremism centers" in China presented to UN Committee on Human Rights on August - 10.  

2018  Anti-government protests begin in Bucharest, Romania, with over 400 injured in clashes with police on August - 10.  

2018  Landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer on August - 10.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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 August - 10.  

2019  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 on this day in history.  

2020  Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong Kong under its new security laws on August - 10.  

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.  

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1267  On this day in history birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.  

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

1397  On August - 10 birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)  

1489  On August - 10 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  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.  

1560  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

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

0794  On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

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