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August 10th
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August 10th is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 143 days remaining
until the end of the calendar year.

Births
1874
- Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. President
1909 - George W. Crockett, Jr., attorney, jurist, Congressman
1933 - Rocky Colavito, professional baseball player
1933 - Doyle Brunson, professional poker player
1940 - Bobby Hatfield, singer (The Righteous Brothers)
1964 - Nicole Bass, champion bodybuilder

Deaths
1945
- Robert H. Goddard, rocket scientist
1963 - Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator (Tennessee)
2007 - Irene Morgan, civil rights pioneer
2008 - Isaac Hayes, singer, musician, actor

Events
1821
- Missouri joins the union and becomes the twenty-fourth state and the first state west of the Mississippi River.
1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is established when President James K. Polk signs the Act establishing the Institution into
law.
1869 - The first patent for the movie projector is given to O.B. Brown of Malden, Massachusetts.
1897 - The Royal Automobile Club, originally known as the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, is founded.
1948 - The television show Candid Camera debuts after being broadcast on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
1977 - David Berkowitz, a 24-year-old postal worker, is arrested and charged with being the "Son of Sam," a serial killer who
murdered six young people and wounded seven others with a .44-caliber revolver in the New York City area.
1981 - Pete Rose, who was playing for the Philadelphia Phillies at the time, achieves his 3,631st career base hit breaking
the National League record that was held by Stan Musial.
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