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Today in History

10 August

265 births · 104 deaths · 61 events recorded

Notable Births

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Sophia Wilson

Sophia Wilson

b. 2000

American soccer player (born 2000)

Jüri Vips

Jüri Vips

b. 2000

Estonian racing driver (born 2000)

Ja Morant

Ja Morant

b. 1999

American basketball player (born 1999)

Ritomo Miyata

Ritomo Miyata

b. 1999

Japanese racing driver (born 1999)

Nick Suzuki

Nick Suzuki

b. 1999

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1999)

Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson

b. 1933

American poker player (1933–2023)

Alfred Döblin

Alfred Döblin

b. 1878

German novelist, essayist, and doctor (1878–1957)

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

b. 1810

First Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 1861

Notable Deaths

All 104 ›
Anas Al-Sharif

Anas Al-Sharif

d. 2025

Palestinian journalist (1996–2025)

Rachael Lillis

Rachael Lillis

d. 2024

American voice actress (1969–2024)

Peggy Moffitt

Peggy Moffitt

d. 2024

American model and actress (1937–2024)

Vesa-Matti Loiri

Vesa-Matti Loiri

d. 2022

Finnish actor and musician (1945–2022)

Tony Esposito

Tony Esposito

d. 2021

Canadian-American ice hockey player (1943–2021)

Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein

d. 2019

American financier and child sex offender (1953–2019)

Ruth Pfau

Ruth Pfau

d. 2017

German-Pakistani physician and nun

Buddy Baker

Buddy Baker

d. 2015

American racing driver (1941–2015)

On This Day in History

All 61 ›
Israel Defense Forces

2024

Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.

Israel Defense Forces

2020 Midwest derecho

2020

Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.

2020 Midwest derecho

Typhoon Lekima

2019

Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.

Typhoon Lekima

2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack

2019

Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.

2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack

Horizon Air

2018

Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound.

Horizon Air

2017–2019 Romanian protests

2018

An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents.

2017–2019 Romanian protests

Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915

2014

Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.

Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915

Marikana massacre

2012

The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.

Marikana massacre