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August 10, 1997 36th Walker Cup: U.S., 18-6 August 10, 1997 Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine August 10, 1997 Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal August 10, 1997 Deb Richard wins LPGA Friendly's Classic August 10, 1997 Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic August 10, 1997 Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf August 10, 1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate August 10, 1996 Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 August 10, 1996 Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex August 10, 1996 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24 August 10, 1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly August 10, 1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841) August 10, 1993 Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA August 10, 1992 Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched August 10, 1992 Soyuz TM-15 lands August 10, 1991 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances August 10, 1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53 August 10, 1990 U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus August 10, 1989 A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning August 10, 1989 Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge August 10, 1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) August 10, 1988 Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador August 10, 1988 U.N. estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion August 10, 1987 Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully August 10, 1987 Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball August 10, 1986 "Me and My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 1420 performances August 10, 1986 Betsy King wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic August 10, 1986 Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired August 10, 1986 Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway New York City August 10, 1986 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates August 10, 1985 A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle) August 10, 1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million August 10, 1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles August 10, 1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run August 10, 1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business August 10, 1981 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record August 10, 1981 Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes August 10, 1980 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill, New York August 10, 1980 8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley August 10, 1980 Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas August 10, 1979 Ecuador adopts its constitution August 10, 1979 Wings release "Getting Closer" and "Baby's Request" August 10, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 10, 1977 U.S. and Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord August 10, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test August 10, 1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer August 10, 1975 57th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 276 at Firestone Akron August 10, 1975 David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon August 10, 1974 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open August 10, 1973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station August 10, 1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada August 10, 1972 Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession August 10, 1971 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research August 10, 1971 Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, and adds his 501st August 10, 1970 Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on "lewd and lascivious behavior" August 10, 1969 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win August 10, 1969 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Stroh's-WBLY Golf Open August 10, 1968 Race riot in Miami, Chicago and Little Rock August 10, 1968 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Concord Golf Open August 10, 1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S. August 10, 1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again August 10, 1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km August 10, 1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting August 10, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 10, 1961 England applies for membership in European Common Market August 10, 1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space August 10, 1960 Nicolaas Jouwe forms PANA in New-Guinea August 10, 1958 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open August 10, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 10, 1956 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000) August 10, 1954 Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up August 10, 1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins August 10, 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament August 10, 1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title August 10, 1949 Natl Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense August 10, 1948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York) August 10, 1948 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC August 10, 1948 Bradman scores 133* Aust vs. Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours August 10, 1948 WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting August 10, 1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged August 10, 1944 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0 August 10, 1944 Race riots in Athens Alabama August 10, 1944 U.S. recaptures Guam from Japanese August 10, 1944 U.S./French offensive at Aleneon August 10, 1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali August 10, 1943 Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots August 10, 1942 Gen B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa August 10, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland August 10, 1940 Prince Bernhard Fund forms August 10, 1939 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats) August 10, 1938 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record) August 10, 1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record) August 10, 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record) August 10, 1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player August 10, 1929 Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win August 10, 1926 Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed August 10, 1925 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die August 10, 1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello August 10, 1920 Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania August 10, 1920 Treaty of Sevres (Allies and Turkey) August 10, 1920 Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate August 10, 1919 Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine August 10, 1916 Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia August 10, 1914 At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary August 10, 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany August 10, 1914 German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas August 10, 1914 Royal Nationally Steuncomite forms August 10, 1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses August 10, 1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords August 10, 1909 Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins August 10, 1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally August 10, 1906 Pope Pius X bans Associations cults August 10, 1904 Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest. August 10, 1904 Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock August 10, 1904 Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur August 10, 1904 Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games August 10, 1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners August 10, 1900 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0) August 10, 1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) August 10, 1895 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi") August 10, 1893 Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act August 10, 1889 Dan Rylands patents screw cap August 10, 1888 New York Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record August 10, 1887 Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) August 10, 1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) August 10, 1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians August 10, 1877 Phillies and Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM August 10, 1869 O. B. Brown patents moving picture projector August 10, 1866 Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria August 10, 1862 Battle of Nueces River, Texas August 10, 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed August 10, 1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana August 10, 1846 Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution August 10, 1833 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 August 10, 1831 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery August 10, 1831 Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die August 10, 1827 Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada) August 10, 1822 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die August 10, 1821 Missouri admitted as 24th U.S. state August 10, 1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) August 10, 1792 Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI August 10, 1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage August 10, 1787 Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik" August 10, 1787 Turkey declares war on Russia August 10, 1774 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing August 10, 1759 Carlos III becomes king of Spain August 10, 1743 Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated August 10, 1678 Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen August 10, 1675 King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich August 10, 1675 Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam August 10, 1664 Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar August 10, 1653 Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch August 10, 1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed August 10, 1627 Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle August 10, 1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges August 10, 1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth August 10, 1557 Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France August 10, 1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth August 10, 1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France August 10, 1511 Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka August 10, 1500 Diego Diaz discovers Madagascar August 10, 1497 John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" August 10, 1461 Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain August 10, 1304 Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet August 10, 955 Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians August 10, 843 Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France August 10, 654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I August 10, 70 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) |