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The following events took place on August 10. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 52 events. Showing 31 - 52.

• 1949

  U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
• 1953

  First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
• 1954

  At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• 1961

  First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 1969

  A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
• 1971

  The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• 1977

  In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• 1978

  Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• 1981

  Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh’s son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America’s Most Wanted.
• 1988

  Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
• 1990

  The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
• 1990

  More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
• 1993

  An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
• 1995

  Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
• 1998

  HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• 2001

  The 2001 Angola train attack, causing 252 deaths.
• 2003

  The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5 °C in Kent, England. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F.
• 2003

  Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in outer space.
• 2003

  The Okinawa Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
• 2009

  Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.
• 2012

  The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
• 2014

  39 people are killed in a plane crash at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.

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