So wht’s Aug 10th all about?

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Posted: 18 years ago
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I know this was some time ago😳😆😆...lolz..but I guess I missed it, and I just realized ..that I don't know wht Aug 10th was about. I knew how MLS, always went somewhere on Aug 10th and no one ever knew...but did anyone find out this time? If so, who? And where does he go every year on Aug 10th? Can someone just fill me in on that plz.

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Posted: 18 years ago
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no idea. i think they will come back to that
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Posted: 18 years ago
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i believe it might be solved next yr on 10 Aug
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Originally posted by: jassie_17

i believe it might be solved next yr on 10 Aug

ya dats wat I think as well... We will get to know the secret of August 10 next year.

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Posted: 18 years ago
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its still a mystery..looks like the bahus and daya have short memory.. 😆
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Posted: 18 years ago
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No..I dont think its about their memory...They are just concentrating on the matter at hands now..When Karan and Hetal's problem is solved,they might just bring back the 10th Aug and B'lore wala topic..
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Well 10th aug issue is till pendin...
they have alot of problem tht they have decied tpput asside the issue
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Posted: 18 years ago
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courtesy of Wikipedia...

"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."

Hope that answers your question, Megs.


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Posted: 18 years ago
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other events

* 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.
* 610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammed began to receive the Qur'an.
* 955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
* 1316 - Second Battle of Athenry
* 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
* 1628 - Swedish warship Regalskeppet Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes on her maiden voyage.
* 1680 - Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
* 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
* 1792 - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.
* 1809 - Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain.
* 1821 - Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
* 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the U.S. Congress after $500,000 was given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson.
* 1856 - In Last Island, Louisiana, a hurricane kills about 400 people.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1905 - Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth.
* 1913 - Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
* 1920 - World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Svres which divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
* 1923- US: Carlo Tresca, Italian-American anarchist, arrested.
* 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.
* 1934 - US: Anarchist conference at Stelton, N.J., August 10-11
* 1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
* 1948 - Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
* 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.
* 1954 - At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
* 1969 - A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1990 - The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
* 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.
* 2001 - The Hudson River Way is opened to traffic.
* 2003 - The highest temperature ever is recorded in the UK, 38.5C (101.3F), occurs in Kent [1]. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
* 2003 - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
* 2005 - Lee Seung Seop dies from exhaustion in South Korea after playing the computer game StarCraft continuously for 49 hours.
* 2006 - Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States.
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Posted: 18 years ago
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births...

* 1267 - King James II of Aragon (d. 1327)
* 1296 - John I, Count of Luxemburg (d. 1346)
* 1360 - Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)
* 1397 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)
* 1489 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)
* 1520 - Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)
* 1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)
* 1602 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
* 1645 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)
* 1737 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)
* 1821 - Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)
* 1839 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896)
* 1845 - Abai Kunanbaev, Kazakh poet (d. 1904)
* 1856 - William Willett, English inventor of Daylight Saving Time (d. 1915)
* 1860 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)
* 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
* 1869 - Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943)
* 1872 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)
* 1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
* 1877 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944)
* 1878 - Alfred Dblin, German writer (d. 1957)
* 1880 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)
* 1884 - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935)
* 1890 - Angus L. MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954)
* 1898 - Jack Haley, American actor (d. 1979)
* 1900 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. 1994)
* 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)
* 1905 - Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)
* 1909 - Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)
* 1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)
* 1913 - Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993)
* 1914 - Jeff Corey, American actor (d. 2002)
* 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, American actress
* 1927 - Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)
* 1928 - Jimmy Dean, American singer
* 1928 - Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor
* 1928 - Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor
* 1933 - Doyle Brunson, American poker player
* 1933 - Rocky Colavito, Major League Baseball player
* 1937 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician
* 1939 - Kate O'Mara, British actress
* 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
* 1943 - Ronnie Spector, American singer (Ronettes)
* 1943 - Louise Forestier, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
* 1943 - Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005)
* 1945 - Harriet Miers, White House counsel
* 1947 - Ian Anderson, Scottish musician (Jethro Tull)
* 1947 - Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
* 1948 - Patti Austin, American R&B and jazz singer
* 1950 - Rmy Girard, Qubcois actor
* 1952 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
* 1956 - Fred Ottman, American professional wrestler
* 1959 - Rosanna Arquette, American model and actress
* 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
* 1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
* 1963 - Andrew Sullivan, English-born journalist
* 1965 - Claudia Christian, American actress
* 1965 - Mike E. Smith, American jockey
* 1965 - John Starks, American basketball player
* 1966 - Hansi Krsch, German singer
* 1967 - Riddick Bowe, American boxer
* 1967 - Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
* 1968 - Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition & Bell Biv DeVoe)
* 1971 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer
* 1971 - Mario Csar Kindeln Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer
* 1971 - Justin Theroux, American actor
* 1971 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player
* 1972 - Angie Harmon, American model and actress
* 1972 - Christofer Johnsson, Swedish heavy metal musician
* 1973 - Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
* 1973 - Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
* 1974 - David Sommeil, French footballer
* 1974 - Luis Marn, Costa Rican footballer
* 1976 - Michael Depoli, American professional wrestler
* 1977 - Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer
* 1977 - Aaron Kamin, American musician (The Calling)
* 1980 - Kaysar Ridha, Iraqi-American reality TV contestant
* 1981 - Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress
* 1982 - Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
* 1983 - Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player


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