Summary of the Day ✨ 10 August (10/08)
On this day, Israel’s strike on a Gaza school killed at least 80 Palestinians while a deadly derecho in Iowa became America’s costliest thunderstorm disaster. Simultaneously, Typhoon Lekima claimed 32 lives in China and the Philippines, Philip Manshaus committed a deadly shooting in Norway, and a rogue Horizon Air employee hijacked a plane before crashing it into Puget Sound.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.
- 2020: Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
- 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.
- 2019: Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2014: Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport.
- 2012: The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
- 2009: Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.
- 2003: The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
- 2001: The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
- 2001: Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.
- 1999: One person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
- 1998: HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
- 1997: Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
Famous Births 👶
- 2000: Sophia Smith, American soccer player
- 2000: Jüri Vips, Estonian racing driver
- 1999: Ja Morant, American basketball player
- 1999: Ritomo Miyata, Japanese racing driver
- 1999: Nick Suzuki, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997: Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman
- 1997: Luca Marini, Italian motorcycle rider
- 1996: Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player
- 1995: Dalvin Cook, American football player
- 1994: Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
- 1993: Andre Drummond, American basketball player
- 1992: Archie Bradley, American baseball player
- 1992: Michelle Khare, American YouTuber and television host
- 1992: Oliver Rowland, English racing driver
- 1991: Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Anas Al-Sharif, Palestinian journalist and videographer (born 1996)
- 2024: Rachael Lillis, American voice actress and scriptwriter (born 1978)
- 2024: Peggy Moffitt, American model and actress (born 1937)
- 2022: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (born 1945)
- 2021: Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1943)
- 2019: Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953)
- 2017: Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929)
- 2015: Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1941)
- 2015: Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1935)
- 2015: Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1922)
- 2015: Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (born 1952)
- 2014: Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)
- 2014: Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (born 1945)
- 2014: Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (born 1912)
- 2014: Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (born 1930)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina)
- Christian feast day:
Bessus - Christian feast day:
Blane (Roman Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Geraint of Dumnonia - Christian feast day:
Lawrence of Rome - Christian feast day:
Nicola Saggio - Christian feast day:
Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines - Christian feast day:
August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)
- International Biodiesel Day
- National Veterans Day (Indonesia)
- World Lion Day