Table of Contents August 10th Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
August 10th History Highlights |
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Traditional August 10th Information |
August 10th is… |
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August 10th Birthday Quotes |
” I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.” ” Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” ” You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.” ” I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there that’s true in any of the arts.” “There is an excitement about having nightmares.” ” But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.” “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” |
August 10th Birthdays |
1821 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (died in 1905) 1856 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (died in 1915) 1874 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (died in 1964) 1889 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died in 1967) 1897 – John W. Galbreath, American businessman, and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (died in 1988) 1897 – Jack Haley, American actor, and singer (died in 1979) 1902 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died in 1983) 1922 – Al Alberts, American pop singer, and composer, The Four Aces (died in 2009) 1923 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress 1928 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company (died in 2010) 1928 – Eddie Fisher, American singer, and actor (died in 2010) 1931 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died in 2013) 1942 – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer 1943 – Ronnie Spector, American singer 1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter 1950 – Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter 1959 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress 1960 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor 1962 – Suzanne Collins, American author 1965 – Claudia Christian, American actress 1971 – Justin Theroux, American actor 1972 – Angie Harmon, American actress 1979 – JoAnna Garcia, American actress 1997 – Kylie Jenner, American television personality |
August 10th History |
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain to circumnavigate the globe. 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England was laid. 1846 – The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress. 1873 – Louvre Museum opened in France. 1932 – An 11-pound chondrite-type meteorite broke into several pieces and landed near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. 1941 – The Mount Rushmore Memorial was dedicated. 1948 – Candid Camera made its television debut, after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. 1949 – The US Department of War was replaced with the United States Department of Defense. 1959 – #1 Hit August 10, 1959 – August 23, 1959: Elvis Presley – A Big Hunk o’ Love 1963 – #1 Hit August 10, 1963 – August 30, 1963: Little Stevie Wonder – Fingertips (pt. II) 1966 – The US Treasury Department discontinued printing the $2 bill due to a lack of demand. August 10, 1967 Birthday (fictional) Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks’ alter ego 1971 – The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. 1974 – #1 Hit August 10, 1974 – August 16, 1974: Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (the “Son of Sam”) was arrested for a series of killings in New York City. 1981- Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL record by getting hit number 3,631. 1984 – Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, became the first-ever PG-13 movie to be released in theaters. 1985 – Michael Jackson paid $47.5 million for ATV Music, a catalog of the Beatles’ songs, which included 251 songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, beating Paul McCartney’s offer. 1986 – Broadway Show – Me and My Girl (Musical) August 10, 1986 1995 In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pled guilty in a plea bargain for his testimony. August 10, 2031 (fiction) Terraforming began on Luna for future settlers. Aliens/Prometheus, Films |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
A group of Fungi is called a colony. Stars appear to us to have 5 corners because of diffraction. A clean tie attracts the soup of the day. What if buying the WinRar license is the ultimate test of modern mankind and we are all failing? The Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico in the 1920s. The entire cast was male on the set of 1982’s “The Thing”. Blackbeard (the Pirate) – Real Name: Edward Teach Vantablack is the blackest black absorbing up to 99.965% of radiation in the visible spectrum. “They killed Kenny!” – Stan and Kyle (South Park) The French word for “cheese” is “Fromage.” Cheese is made by aging milk. Cheese comes “from age.” A group of Cockroaches is called an Intrusion. A pentad is a five year period. A decade is ten years long. |
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