Event:
Fossils of a new species of giant penguin, named Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, have been found on Seymour Island in Antarctica; the penguins lived about 40 million years ago and likely weighed about 250 pounds
More Notable Events on August 10:
1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican Vice Presidential running mate
1990 U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
1986 Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired
1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S.
