10TH
AUGUST
"NATIONAL DAY OF ECUADOR"
FEAST DAY OF
"ST LAURENCE OF ROME." |
| 10TH |
654 |
"ST EUGENE I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 10TH |
1675 |
"KING CHARLES II" LAID THE
FOUNDATION STONE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENICH, LONDON. |
| 10TH |
1743 |
EARLIEST RECORDED PRIZE FIGHTING RULES FORMULATED. |
| 10TH |
1842 |
LORD ASTLEY’S MINE ACT PREVENTS
WOMEN, & CHILDREN UNDER 10 FROM WORKING UNDERGROUND IN BRITAIN. |
| 10TH |
1846 |
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IS ESTABLISHED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. |
| 10TH |
1855 |
BHP IS REGISTERED IN AUSTRALIA AS A
BUSINESS. |
| 10TH |
1857 |
MELBOURNE STREETS ARE LIT BY GAS. |
| 10TH |
1885 |
HORSE TRAMWAY BEGINS OPERATING IN
BRISBANE. |
| 10TH |
1889 |
THE SCREW TOP BOTTLE WAS PATENTED BY "DAN RYLANDS"
OF ‘HOPE GLASS WORKS,’ YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. |
| 10TH |
1894 |
NEW SYDNEY HOSPITAL OPENS. |
| 10TH |
1911 |
BRITISH MP’s VOTE TO RECEIVE SALARIES FOR THE FIRST
TIME. |
| 10TH |
1938 |
THE COMIC STRIP CHARACTER, "CHESTY
BOND," IS BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THE FORM OF "MAX WHITEHEAD" TO ADVERTISE THE
POPULAR WHITE COTTON SINGLET. |
| 10TH |
1948 |
"ALLEN FUNT’S" "CANDID CAMERA"
DEBUTS ON AMERICAN TELEVISION. |
| 10TH |
1966 |
THE FIRST U.S. LUNAR SATELLITE,
"ORBITER I," WAS LAUNCHED. |
| 10TH |
1984 |
"MARY DECKER" TRIPS ON THE HEEL OF "ZOLA
BUDD" DURING 3,000 METRE OLYMPIC RUN. |
| 10TH |
1985 |
"MICHAEL JACKSON" BUYS
"ATV MUSIC" WHICH INCLUDES EVERY "BEATLE" SONG, FOR $47 MILLION. |
| 10TH |
1985 |
"UNO LINDSTROM" OF SWEDEN, JUGGLES A SOCCER BALL
FOR 13.11 MILES. |
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