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| August 10th |
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| About 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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