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Historical Events
on August 10th
- Lead Story
- Smithsonian Institution created,1846
- American Revolution
- London learns of American independence,1776
- Automotive
- Fatal Ford Pinto crash in Indiana,1978
- Civil War
- Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri,1861
- Cold War
- Truman signs National Security Bill,1949
- Crime
- Child found decapitated,1981
- Disaster
- Three-ship collision causes oil spill,1993
- General Interest
- New state west of the Mississippi,1821
- Son of Sam arrested,1977
- Temperatures in UK top 100 F for first time during European heat wave,2003
- Hollywood
- Red Dawn, first PG-13 movie, is released,1984
- Literary
- Virginia and Leonard Woolf marry,1912
- Music
- First-ever electric guitar patent awarded to the Electro String Corporation,1937
- Old West
- Amanda McFarland begins Alaskan mission,1877
- Presidential
- Herbert Hoover is born,1874
- Sports
- Pete Rose sets National League hits record,1981
- Vietnam War
- Diem refuses to negotiate with Communists,1955
- Marines fight bitter battle in Quang Tin Province,1966
- North Vietnamese forces attempt to cut off Saigon,1972
- World War I
- German ships Goeben and Breslau reach Constantinople,1914
- World War II
- Japan accepts Potsdam terms, agrees to unconditional surrender,1945
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