History of Today 10 August: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 10 August in History

10 Aug 2024: Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians. Read more
10 Aug 2020: Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 2019: Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 2014: Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. Read more
10 Aug 2012: The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people. Read more
10 Aug 2009: Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. Read more
10 Aug 2003: The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa. Read more
10 Aug 2001: The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 1999: One person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting. Read more
10 Aug 1998: HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation. Read more
10 Aug 1997: Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 1993: Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island. Read more
10 Aug 1990: The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 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 and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Read more
10 Aug 1978: Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. Read more
10 Aug 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. Read more
10 Aug 1971: The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. Read more
10 Aug 1969: A day after murdering actress Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Read more
10 Aug 1966: The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario. Read more
10 Aug 1961: Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover. Read more
10 Aug 1954: At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. Read more
10 Aug 1953: First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam. Read more
10 Aug 1949: An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense. Read more
10 Aug 1948: Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone. Read more
10 Aug 1945: The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler." Read more
10 Aug 1944: World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end. Read more
10 Aug 1944: World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory. Read more
10 Aug 1937: Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic. Read more
10 Aug 1920: World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. Read more
10 Aug 1913: Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. Read more
10 Aug 1905: Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Read more
10 Aug 1904: Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place. Read more
10 Aug 1901: The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins. Read more
10 Aug 1864: After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War. Read more
10 Aug 1861: American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state. Read more
10 Aug 1856: The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths. Read more
10 Aug 1835: P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid. Read more
10 Aug 1808: Finnish War: Swedish forces led by General von Döbeln defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the Battle of Kauhajoki. Read more

Famous Births on 10 August

10 Aug 2005: Tidjane Salaün, French basketball player Tidjane Abdoul Salaün is a French professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. Read more
10 Aug 2005: Nikola Topić, Serbian basketball player Nikola Topić is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the point guard position. He missed his rookie season due to an ACL tear and the bulk of his sophomore season due to a battle with testicular cancer. Read more
10 Aug 2000: Sophia Smith, American soccer player Sophia Olivia Wilson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Read more
10 Aug 2000: Jüri Vips, Estonian racing driver Jüri Vips is an Estonian racing driver who last competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for RLL Team McLaren. He has previously driven in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, and won races in both the FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 Championships. He was the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 champion, and was formerly a member of the Red Bull Junior Team. Read more
10 Aug 1999: Ja Morant, American basketball player Temetrius Jamel Morant is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019. Read more
10 Aug 1999: Ritomo Miyata, Japanese racing driver Ritomo Miyata is a Japanese racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech TGR as part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program and serves as a reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota. In Japanese motorsport, Miyata won the Super Formula Championship and Super GT, both in 2023 with TOM'S. Read more
10 Aug 1999: Nick Suzuki, Canadian ice hockey player Nicholas Masaru James Suzuki is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 13th overall, by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL entry draft. Known for his craftiness, Suzuki earned the nickname "Slick Nick". Read more
10 Aug 1997: Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman Kylie Kristen Jenner is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. She starred in the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021 and then the Hulu reality television series The Kardashians from 2022. She is the founder and owner of cosmetic company Kylie Cosmetics. She is currently the fifth-most-followed person on Instagram. Read more
10 Aug 1997: Luca Marini, Italian motorcycle rider Luca Marini is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer contracted to race with Honda HRC Castrol during 2024 and 2025. Read more
10 Aug 1996: Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player Lauren Tait is a Scottish netball player. She was selected to represent the Scotland netball team at the 2019 Netball World Cup. Read more
10 Aug 1995: Dalvin Cook, American football player Dalvin James Cook is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning unanimous All-American honors and finishing his career as the school's all-time leading rusher. Cook was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft, and in six seasons with the team, he earned Pro Bowl honors four times. He is the older brother of Buffalo Bills running back James Cook. Read more
10 Aug 1994: Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. Read more
10 Aug 1993: Andre Drummond, American basketball player Andre Jamal Drummond is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A center, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the ninth overall pick. Read more
10 Aug 1992: Archie Bradley, American baseball player Archie Newell Bradley is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels, and Miami Marlins between 2015 and 2023. Read more
10 Aug 1992: Michelle Khare, American YouTuber and television host Michelle Asha Khare is an American YouTuber, television host, stunt performer, actress and former professional cyclist. She is the co-creator and host of the YouTube reality documentary series Challenge Accepted, and the host of the children's competition program Karma on HBO Max. Read more
10 Aug 1992: Oliver Rowland, English racing driver Oliver Eric Rowland is a British racing driver who competes in Formula E for Nissan. Rowland won the 2024–25 Formula E World Championship with Nissan. Read more
10 Aug 1991: Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer Dagný Brynjarsdóttir is an Icelandic professional footballer who played most recently for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League and the Iceland national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich, Portland Thorns, Selfoss, and collegiate soccer for the Florida State Seminoles. Read more
10 Aug 1991: Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player Marcus Foligno is an American-Canadian professional hockey player who is a winger and alternate captain for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Moose", he was selected 104th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2009 NHL entry draft. Read more
10 Aug 1991: Nikos Korovesis, Greek footballer Nikos Korovesis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League 2 club Kozani. Read more
10 Aug 1991: Chris Tremain, Australian cricketer Christopher Peter Tremain is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. Read more
10 Aug 1990: Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player Cruze Ah-Nau is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. He plays for Zebre in the Pro 14 competition. He was a member of the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby Extended Playing Squad. Ah-Nau was previously a member of the Western Force squad during the 2011 Super Rugby season although he didn't make any appearances. He then moved east in 2012 to join Norths in the Shute Shield. Read more
10 Aug 1990: Lee Sung-kyung, South Korean model, actress, and singer Lee Sung-kyung is a South Korean model, actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in television series Cheese in the Trap (2016), The Doctors (2016), Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016), and the second and third seasons of Dr. Romantic (2020–2023). Read more
10 Aug 1990: Lucas Till, American actor Lucas Daniel Till is an American actor. He began his career in the early 2000s with roles in independent films, before gaining early attention for his supporting role in the biopic Walk the Line (2005). He had his breakthrough with romantic lead roles in the Disney film Hannah Montana: The Movie and music videos for Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me" and Miley Cyrus' "The Climb". Read more
10 Aug 1989: Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player Sam William Gagner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings, and Winnipeg Jets. Read more
10 Aug 1989: Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer Ben Sahar is a retired Israeli footballer who played as a striker. He has also played for the Israel national team. Read more
10 Aug 1989: Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor Brenton Thwaites is an Australian actor. Beginning his career in his home country in 2011, he had a starring role on the series Slide and later appeared on the soap opera Home and Away. Since moving to the United States, Thwaites has had major roles in the films Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012), Oculus (2013), The Giver (2014), Gods of Egypt (2016), and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He starred as Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing in the DC Universe / HBO Max series Titans from 2018 to 2023. Read more
10 Aug 1987: Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor Jimmy Johannes Bakkum is a Dutch singer, actor, stage actor and television personality. Rising to nationwide fame after becoming runner-up in the first season of Dutch singing competition series Idols, he has released five albums and made a career in musicals and film. In television, he appeared in a Dutch version of Dancing with the Stars, which he won. Read more
10 Aug 1987: Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor and singer Ari Boyland is a New Zealand film, television and stage actor. As a child, he had a breakout role in the New Zealand cult hit science fiction drama series, The Tribe. He also played the role of Brodie Kemp in Shortland Street. He currently stars in the TVNZ drama, Testify (2024–present). Read more
10 Aug 1986: Andrea Hlaváčková, Czech tennis player Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková is a Czech former professional tennis player. Read more
10 Aug 1985: Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer Enrico Cortese is an Italian footballer. Read more
10 Aug 1985: Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer Roy Simon O'Donovan is an Irish former footballer who played as a striker. He has been capped by Ireland at Under-19, Under-21 and B level. O'Donovan has previously played for Cork City, Sunderland, Dundee United, Blackpool, Southend United, Hartlepool United, Coventry City, Hibernian, Northampton Town, DPMM FC, Mitra Kukar FC, Central Coast Mariners, Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets and Sydney Olympic. Read more
10 Aug 1985: Kakuryū Rikisaburō, Mongolian sumo wrestler Kakuryū Rikisaburō is a former professional sumo wrestler from Sükhbaatar Province, Mongolia. He was a member of the top makuuchi division from November 2006 until his retirement in March 2021, and was the 71st yokozuna in history. Read more
10 Aug 1985: Julia Skripnik, Estonian tennis player Julia Skripnik is a retired Estonian tennis player. Read more
10 Aug 1984: Ryan Eggold, American actor and composer Ryan James Eggold is an American actor known for roles such as Ryan Matthews on 90210 (2008–11), Tom Keen on The Blacklist (2013–17) and its spin-off, The Blacklist: Redemption (2017), and Dr. Max Goodwin on New Amsterdam (2018–23). Read more
10 Aug 1984: Mokomichi Hayami, Japanese model and actor Mocomichi Hayami is a Japanese actor, chef, TV presenter, entrepreneur, and model. Read more
10 Aug 1984: Jigar Naik, English cricketer Jigar Kumar Hakumatrai Naik is an English cricket player. Jigar was born in Leicester and educated at Rushey Mead School and Gateway College in the city. He is, as of June 2015, playing for Leicestershire. Read more
10 Aug 1984: Matt Prater, American football player Matthew Phillip Prater is an American professional football placekicker. Regarded as one of the best long-distance kickers in NFL history, he held the NFL record for longest field goal from 2013 until 2021 and holds the NFL record for most 50+ yard field goals in a career with 83. Prater is 13th in NFL history in field goals made, with 425, and has the second most field goals made by an active NFL player, six shy of Nick Folk's 431. Read more
10 Aug 1983: Kyle Brown, American soccer player Kyle Brown is an American soccer player, currently without a club. Read more
10 Aug 1983: C. B. Dollaway, American mixed martial artist C. B. Dollaway is an American retired mixed martial artist who fought in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional from 2006 to 2019, he formerly fought in the UFC and was a finalist on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7. Read more
10 Aug 1983: Héctor Faubel, Spanish motorcycle racer Héctor Faubel Rojí is a former professional motorcycle road racer. Read more
10 Aug 1983: Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player Alexander Valerievich Perezhogin is a Kazakhstani–Russian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the first round, 25th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL entry draft. Read more
10 Aug 1983: Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player Mathieu Roy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Read more
10 Aug 1982: John Alvbåge, Swedish footballer John Rune Alvbåge is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Torslanda IK in 1999, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the United States, and Cyprus before announcing his retirement in 2022. A full international between 2006 and 2009, he won four caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad member at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Read more
10 Aug 1982: Josh Anderson, American baseball player Joshua Aaron Anderson is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2009 for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals. Read more
10 Aug 1982: Julia Melim, Brazilian actress Julia Melim is a Brazilian TV host, actress and producer of Italian descent. She is known as the TV host and NY correspondent at Hollywood TV. Her works include the film Death of Evil directed by Damian Chapa, Sofia Coppola's latest film Somewhere Executive Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton directed by Louis Leterrier. Read more
10 Aug 1982: Shaun Murphy, English snooker player Shaun Peter Murphy is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. Read more
10 Aug 1981: Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian retired badminton player who is the current Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport of Indonesia. He is a former World champion, Olympic gold medalist, two time Asian Games gold medalist, and three time Asian champion. He is a 6 time Indonesia Open winner. Known as 'Mr Backhand', he is considered one of the greats in men's singles badminton. Read more
10 Aug 1980: Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor Stuart Alexander Bennett is an English retired professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Wade Barrett as a colour commentator on the SmackDown brand. Read more
10 Aug 1980: Aaron Staton, American actor Aaron Staton is an American actor. He played Ken Cosgrove on the AMC series Mad Men (2007–15) and Cole Phelps in the video game L.A. Noire (2011), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Performer. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer Kandana Arachchige Dinusha Manoj Fernando, or Dinusha Fernando, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He studied at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa. Read more
10 Aug 1979: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, American actress JoAnna García Swisher is an American actress and businesswoman. She is known for her roles as Sam in Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994–96), Vicki Appleby in Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), and Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery on The WB/CW sitcom Reba (2001–07). She has also gained popularity with her acting roles in Privileged (2008–09), Better with You (2010–11), Animal Practice (2012), Once Upon a Time (2013–18), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), Fist Fight (2017) and Sweet Magnolias (2020–present). García also stars as Lindsey Johnson in Hallmark Channel's As Luck Would Have It (2021). She has hosted two seasons of The Ultimatum: Queer Love on Netflix starting in 2023. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter, and producer Ted Geoghegan is an American filmmaker and publicist. He grew up in Great Falls, Montana, attending private and public schools and studying film extensively. He attended the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana and attained a degree in English Education. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Brandon Lyon, American baseball player Brandon James Lyon is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, and New York Mets. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Rémy Martin, French rugby player Rémy Martin is a French former rugby union player. He played for France internationally. His usual position was at flanker. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Matjaž Perc, Slovene physicist Matjaž Perc is Professor of Physics at the University of Maribor in Slovenia, and director of the Complex Systems Center Maribor. He is member of Academia Europaea and among top 1% most cited physicists according to Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers. He is Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals, and Distinguished Referee of EPL. He received the Young Scientist Award for Socio-and Econophysics in 2015. His research has been widely reported in the media and professional literature. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver Yannick Schroeder is a French racing car driver. Read more
10 Aug 1978: Danny Allsopp, Australian footballer Daniel Lee Allsopp is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Read more
10 Aug 1978: Marcus Fizer, American basketball player Darnell Marcus Lamar Fizer is an American former professional basketball player. Read more
10 Aug 1978: Chris Read, English cricketer Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English former cricketer who was the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He played for the England cricket team in 15 Tests and 36 ODIs. He was a wicket-keeper. Read more
10 Aug 1977: Danny Griffin, Irish footballer Daniel Joseph Griffin is a Northern Irish retired footballer. He was primarily a defender, but could also play in midfield. He is a youth coach with his first professional club, St Johnstone. Read more
10 Aug 1977: Matt Morgan, English comedian, actor, and radio host Matthew Morgan is a British comedy writer and radio presenter. He is best known for his work with Russell Brand, with whom he shared numerous writing credits, as well as co-hosting The Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio X. Read more
10 Aug 1976: Roadkill, American wrestler Michael DePoli is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Roadkill, where he wore traditional Amish dress and was billed from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an area with a large Amish population. Read more
10 Aug 1976: Ian Murray, Scottish businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray is a British politician who has served as Minister of State in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since September 2025, he also served in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from September 2025 until its abolition in July 2026, having previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from July 2024 to September 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South since 2010. He previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 2024. Read more
10 Aug 1975: İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer and figure skater İlhan Mansız is a German-Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a competing figure skater. He is of Crimean Tatar descent. Read more
10 Aug 1974: Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian director and producer Haifaa al-Mansour is a Saudi Arabian film director. She is one of the country's best-known and one of the first female Saudi filmmakers. Read more
10 Aug 1974: Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer and manager Luis Antonio Marín Murillo is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back, and former captain of the Costa Rica national team. He is currently the manager of Inter FA. Read more
10 Aug 1974: Rachel Simmons, American scholar and author Rachel Simmons is an American author of the book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls published in 2002. (ISBN 0156027348) Read more
10 Aug 1974: David Sommeil, French footballer David Laurent Sommeil is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender. Read more
10 Aug 1973: Lisa Raymond, American tennis player Lisa Raymond is an American former professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven major titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles for the first time, becoming the 13th player to reach the milestone. Raymond was ranked No. 1 on five occasions in her career over a combined total of 137 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 doubles player in both 2001 and 2006. She currently holds the record of most doubles match wins (860) and most doubles matches played (1,206) in WTA history, and earned more than $10 million in prize money in her career. Read more
10 Aug 1973: Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine former professional footballer. Spending nearly all his career at Inter Milan, Zanetti was known for his versatility and adeptness, often playing as full-back or wing-back on both flanks, and as a midfielder. He had a key role in the treble-winning 2009–10 season, and he is currently the vice-president of Inter Milan. Read more
10 Aug 1972: Dilana, South African singer-songwriter and actress Dilana Smith is a South African singer, songwriter, and performer who lives in Los Angeles, California. She is best known as the runner-up contestant on the CBS reality television show Rock Star: Supernova. She was the lead singer for Tracii Guns' version of L.A. Guns for a brief period in 2011. Read more
10 Aug 1972: Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player and sportscaster Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio is an English retired rugby union player. He is a former captain of England, and a 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Aug 1972: Angie Harmon, American model and actress Angela Michelle Harmon is an American actress. After winning Seventeen's modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, Harmon signed with IMG Models and appeared on covers for magazines including Cosmopolitan and Esquire. Her first starring role was in the mystery drama series Baywatch Nights (1995–1997). She became known for portraying Abbie Carmichael on the crime drama series Law & Order (1998–2001) and Jane Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016), winning at the Gracie and People's Choice Awards for the latter. Read more
10 Aug 1972: Christofer Johnsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Christofer Jan Johnsson is a Swedish musician and producer. He is a founding member and the guitarist for symphonic metal band Therion and was previously a member of Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah, and Demonoid. In 2006, he announced he will no longer sing for Therion – though he will continue as guitarist for the group. He also has his occult vintage rock side project Luciferian Light Orchestra. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach Salvatore Frank Fasano is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played for nine different Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over his 11–year big league career. Upon retiring as a player, he became a coach within the Toronto Blue Jays organization between 2010 and 2016. After coaching for a single season within the Los Angeles Angels minor league system, Fasano joined the major league coaching staff of the Atlanta Braves. He currently serves as the assistant pitching coach for the Angels. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter Stephan Groth is a Danish-Norwegian singer. He is the man behind Apoptygma Berzerk, an electronic body music act that plays in styles such as synthpop and futurepop. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish football pundit, former coach, and former professional player. He is best known for his career in the Premier League, in particular his captaincy of Manchester United. He is the joint most decorated Irish footballer of all time alongside Denis Irwin and Ronnie Whelan, having won 19 major trophies in his club career, 17 during his time at Manchester United. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer Mario César Kindelán Mesa, best known as Mario Kindelán, is a Cuban former amateur boxer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having competed in the lightweight division at the 2000 and 2004 events and defeated world champion boxer Amir Khan to win Olympic gold in 2004. His cousin is baseball player Orestes Kindelán. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Paul Newlove, English rugby player Paul Newlove is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2016) Kevin Christopher Randleman was an American mixed martial artist, amateur and professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate wrestling, in which he became a two-time NCAA Division I and a three-time Big Ten wrestling champion out of Ohio State University. Randleman competed in the heavyweight and light heavyweight classes in MMA. In addition to competing in the UFC, Randleman also fought for other organizations such as PRIDE, WVR, and Strikeforce. He was previously associated with Mark Coleman's Team Hammer House, before training at Randy Couture's gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. On May 16, 2020, the UFC announced that Randleman would be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame. Randleman is the first fighter to be posthumously inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Aug 1971: Justin Theroux, American actor Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Zoolander (2001), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Miami Vice (2006), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bumblebee (2018), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), and The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026). Read more
10 Aug 1970: Doug Flach, American tennis player Doug Flach is a former tennis player from the United States. Read more
10 Aug 1970: Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player and sportscaster Bret Michael Hedican is an American former professional ice hockey player, a Stanley Cup champion and a two-time US Olympian. After playing for St. Cloud State University, Hedican played with the 1992 US Olympic Team before he made his NHL debut in the 1991–92 season with the St. Louis Blues. In his third season with the Blues, Hedican was traded to the Vancouver Canucks with Jeff Brown and Nathan LaFayette for Craig Janney, on March 21, 1994, joining the Canucks in time for their Stanley Cup Final run that season. Read more
10 Aug 1970: Brendon Julian, New Zealand-Australian cricketer and journalist Brendon Paul Julian is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999. He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989. Julian was a part of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Read more
10 Aug 1970: Steve Mautone, Australian footballer and coach Stefano Mautone is an Australian association football coach with Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Mautone was initially recruited by Melbourne Victory to assume responsibility for training their goalkeepers Michael Theoklitos and Eugene Galekovic. He has been responsible for training and developing former Melbourne Victory goalkeepers Michael Petkovic, Sebastian Mattei, Michael Theoklitos, Eugene Galekovic, Glen Moss and Mitch Langerak whilst they were respectively playing at the Victory. Read more
10 Aug 1969: Emily Symons, Australian actress Emily Symons is an Australian actress, active on both Australian and British television. She is known for playing Anne Costello in the short-lived soap opera Richmond Hill in 1988 and when that series ended in 1989, she played Marilyn Chambers in Home and Away. After almost ten years in that role, Symons moved to the UK and was immediately cast as Louise Appleton in the British soap Emmerdale. She also took part in the British show Dancing on Ice in 2007. She then returned to Australia in 2010 to reprise her role as Marilyn in Home and Away. Read more
10 Aug 1969: Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor Brian Drummond is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver, he is often cast in antagonistic or authoritative voice roles. Read more
10 Aug 1968: Michael Bivins, American singer and producer Michael Lamont Bivins is an American singer, rapper, manager, and producer, and a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe. Read more
10 Aug 1968: Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Gregory William Hawgood is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars. Hawgood was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Read more
10 Aug 1967: Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer and sportscaster Philippe Julien Albert is a Belgian former professional footballer and television pundit. Read more
10 Aug 1967: Riddick Bowe, American boxer Riddick Lamont Bowe is an American former professional boxer and professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing. He held the undisputed world heavyweight championship in 1992, and won the super heavyweight silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Read more
10 Aug 1967: Todd Nichols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, who stopped touring in 2017 and left the band in 2020. They had chart success in the 1990s with singles that included "Walk on the Ocean", "All I Want", "Something's Always Wrong", "Fall Down", and "Good Intentions". Read more
10 Aug 1967: Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer Reinout Scholte is a Dutch former international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, but usually occupied the position of wicket-keeper instead of bowling. He played for HBS and VOC in Dutch domestic cricket. Read more
10 Aug 1966: Charlie Dimmock, English gardener and television host Charlotte Elouise Dimmock is an English gardening expert and television presenter. She was a member of the team on Ground Force, a BBC gardening makeover programme, airing from 1997 to 2005. Read more
10 Aug 1966: Hansi Kürsch, German singer-songwriter and bass player Hans Jürgen "Hansi" Kürsch is a German singer, best known as a member of the power metal band Blind Guardian. One of the founders of the band, he has been its lead vocalist since its creation in 1984, and also acted as the band's bass guitarist until 1996. Read more
10 Aug 1966: Hossam Hassan, Egyptian footballer and manager Hossam Hassan Hassanin Hassan is an Egyptian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently the head coach of the Egypt national team, and has been affectionately nicknamed "Egypt's General". A prolific goal scorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer with 69 goals in 177 appearances. His twin brother Ibrahim also played professional football, and they shared teams for most of their extensive careers. Read more
10 Aug 1965: Claudia Christian, American actress, singer, writer, and director Claudia Christian is an American actress, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, as Captain Maynard on Fox's 9-1-1, and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series Blood of Zeus. She is also the voice of Lt. Helga Sinclair in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Christian is the founder and CEO of the C Three Foundation, a proponent of the medication-based Sinclair Method for treating alcohol dependence. Read more
10 Aug 1965: Pat Pitney, American university leader and sport shooter Karen Patricia "Pat" Pitney is a retired American university administrator, former Alaska state government official, and Olympic gold medalist. She retired from the presidency of the University of Alaska system. Read more
10 Aug 1965: Mike E. Smith, American jockey and sportscaster Michael Earl Smith is an American jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. Thoroughbred racing since the early 1990s, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2003 and has won the most Breeders' Cup races of any jockey with 27 victories. Smith is also the third leading jockey of all time in earnings with over $356 million. In 2018, Smith rode Justify to the Triple Crown, becoming the oldest jockey to win the title at age 52. Read more
10 Aug 1965: John Starks, American basketball player and coach John Levell Starks is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was undrafted in the 1988 NBA draft after attending four colleges in his native Oklahoma, including Oklahoma State University. Starks was named an NBA All-Star while playing for the New York Knicks in the 1990s. Read more
10 Aug 1964: Aaron Hall, American singer-songwriter Aaron Robin Hall III is an American singer and songwriter. Hall joined the R&B and new jack swing group Guy in 1988, which was formed by Teddy Riley and Timmy Gatling, who was later replaced by Hall's brother, Damion. The group's self-titled debut album (1988) was met with commercial success; Hall provided lead vocals on its songs "Groove Me," "I Like," and "Piece of My Love", among others. Read more
10 Aug 1964: Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist and composer Kåre Kolve is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), and the older brother of the vibraphonist Ivar Kolve. He is known as bandleader of his own Kåre Kolve Quartet, several album releases and the collaborations within the bands "Lava", "Mezzoforte" and "Tre Små Kinesere". Read more
10 Aug 1964: Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005) Hiro Takahashi , born as Hiroyuki Takahashi , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer. Read more
10 Aug 1963: Phoolan Devi, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2001) Phoolan Devi, popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her family was on the losing side of a land dispute which caused them many problems. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. Her gang robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. When she punished her rapists and evaded capture by the authorities, she became a heroine to the Other Backward Classes who saw her as a Robin Hood figure. Phoolan Devi was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were killed, allegedly on her command. After this event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh resigned, and calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later in a carefully negotiated settlement and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison, awaiting trial. Read more
10 Aug 1963: Anton Janssen, Dutch footballer and coach Anton Janssen is a Dutch former football manager and player. He is mostly known for his tenure as a player for PSV Eindhoven where he was part of their European Cup victory in 1988. Read more
10 Aug 1963: Andrew Sullivan, English-American journalist and author Andrew Michael Sullivan is a British-American conservative political commentator. Sullivan is a former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books. He started a political blog, The Daily Dish, in 2000, and eventually moved his blog to platforms, including Time, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, and finally an independent subscription-based format. He retired from blogging in 2015. From 2016 to 2020, Sullivan was a writer-at-large at New York. He launched his newsletter The Weekly Dish in July 2020. Read more
10 Aug 1963: Henrik Fisker, Danish automotive designer and businessman Henrik Fisker is a Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California, US. He is best known as the founder of Fisker Automotive and Fisker Inc, and as a designer of luxury cars. After working at BMW, Ford, and Aston Martin, Fisker founded Fisker Automotive in 2007. The company failed to meet production deadlines despite significant federal and private investment. Fisker resigned in 2013. The New York Times described the company as the "Solyndra of the electric car industry" and a "debacle". He then became the CEO of Fisker Inc., which he co-founded with his wife in 2016; the company filed for bankruptcy in 2024. Read more
10 Aug 1962: Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter Suzanne Collins is an American author and television writer who is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian fiction book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children's fantasy series The Underland Chronicles. Read more
10 Aug 1962: Julia Fordham, English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham is an English singer. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham", as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde, before signing a recording contract of her own later that decade. She is now based in California. Read more
10 Aug 1961: Jon Farriss, Australian drummer, songwriter, and producer Jonathan James Farriss is an Australian drummer and founding member of rock band INXS. Read more
10 Aug 1960: Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Goya Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Read more
10 Aug 1960: Annely Ojastu, Estonian sprinter and long jumper Annely Ojastu is an Estonian Paralympic athlete. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's 100 m TS4 event. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m T42–46 event and two silver medals in the Women's 200 m T42–46 and Women's Long Jump F42–46 events. Read more
10 Aug 1960: Kenny Perry, American golfer James Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He won 14 PGA Tour events and has won nine PGA Tour Champions events including four senior major championships: the 2013 Constellation Senior Players Championship, the 2013 U.S. Senior Open, the 2014 Regions Tradition, and the 2017 U.S. Senior Open. Read more
10 Aug 1959: Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer Rosanna Lisa Arquette is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the television film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other notable film credits include Baby It's You (1983), After Hours (1985), The Big Blue (1988), Nowhere to Run (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Crash (1996), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), and Joe Dirt. She also directed the documentary Searching for Debra Winger (2002). Read more
10 Aug 1959: Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician Albert Owen is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from 2001 to 2019. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes and retained the seat at the four subsequent general elections. During his time in Parliament, he was a member of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, Welsh Affairs Select Committee and the International Development Committee. He was also a member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairs and vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cancer. Read more
10 Aug 1959: Mark Price, English drummer Mark Gerard Price is an English drummer known for being a member of Nik Kershaw's band, All About Eve and Del Amitri. Read more
10 Aug 1959: Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter Florent Vollant is a Canadian singer-songwriter. An Innu from Maliotenam, Quebec, he was half of the popular folk music duo Kashtin, one of the most significant musical groups in First Nations history. He has subsequently released four solo albums. Read more
10 Aug 1958: Michael Dokes, American boxer (died 2012) Michael Marshall Dokes was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1997, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1982 to 1983. As an amateur he won a silver medal in the heavyweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games. Read more
10 Aug 1958: Jack Richards, English cricketer, coach, and manager Clifton James Richards is an English former first-class cricketer, who played in eight Tests and 22 ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-middle order batsman, who made 133 for England against Australia at the WACA, Perth in 1987. Read more
10 Aug 1958: Rosie Winterton, English nurse and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Rosalie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster,, is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific since 2026. She previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster Central from 1997 to 2024. She served as a Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2024. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2024. Read more
10 Aug 1957: Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (died 2014) Fred Ho was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer and Marxist social activist. Read more
10 Aug 1957: Andres Põime, Estonian architect Andres Põime is an Estonian architect. Read more
10 Aug 1957: Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board Aqeel Abbas Jafri, is a Pakistani writer, poet and architect and chief editor of Urdu Dictionary Board in Pakistan. Read more
10 Aug 1956: Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979. Read more
10 Aug 1956: José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2013) José Luis Montes Vicente was a Spanish professional football player and manager. Read more
10 Aug 1956: Fred Ottman, American wrestler Fred Alex Ottman is an American retired professional wrestler. He worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon. As the former, he played a key babyface ally of Hulk Hogan. As the latter, he turned heel to form The Natural Disasters with Earthquake and held the WWF Tag Team Championship. Read more
10 Aug 1956: Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Charles William Ashworth, known professionally as Charlie Peacock, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and author. His albums include Love Press Ex-Curio, Arc of the Circle and No Man's Land (2012). He is the founder of re:think, an imprint that signed acts such as Switchfoot. Read more
10 Aug 1956: Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman Perween Warsi, was the founder and Chief Executive of S&A Foods until 2015. Read more
10 Aug 1955: Thomas Kidd, American illustrator Thomas Kidd is an American science fiction and fantasy illustrator who lives in New Milford, Connecticut. Read more
10 Aug 1955: Jim Mees, American set designer (died 2013) Jim Mees, was an American set designer who worked on a variety of television series as well as music tours and films. He was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series in 1990 for his work on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sins of the Father", and was nominated on four other occasions. Read more
10 Aug 1955: Mel Tiangco, Filipino journalist and talk show host Carmela "Mel" Corro Tiangco is a Filipino television newscaster and television host. She is one of the news pillars of GMA News, GMA Public Affairs and a multi-awarded news anchor. Read more
10 Aug 1955: Rainer Wimmer, Austrian politician Rainer Leopold Wimmer was an Austrian trade unionist, politician and a member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Austria from December 1993 to November 1994, Traunviertel from November 1994 to October 2008 and the Federal List from October 2013 to November 2017 and from October 2018 to October 2024. Read more
10 Aug 1954: Peter Endrulat, German footballer Peter Endrulat is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
10 Aug 1954: Rick Overton, American screenwriter, actor and comedian Richard Overton is an American actor and screenwriter. His writing credits include Dennis Miller Live (1994–2002), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, while his acting credits include Gung Ho and Odd Jobs, Million Dollar Mystery (1987), Willow (1988), The Rocketeer (1991), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and Northfork (2003). Read more
10 Aug 1952: Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the 1980s ABC TV series Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986) as the ex-con Mark "Skid" McCormick, co-starring with Brian Keith. Read more
10 Aug 1952: Diane Venora, American actress Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress. She graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. She won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bird (1988). Her other films include The Cotton Club (1984), Ironweed (1987), Heat (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Jackal (1997), The Insider (1999) and Hamlet (2000). Read more
10 Aug 1951: Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more
10 Aug 1950: Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter Patti Austin is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Austin has collaborated with the likes of James Ingram, Steely Dan and Quincy Jones. She received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music. Austin has also won one Grammy out of seven nominations. Read more
10 Aug 1948: Nick Stringer, English actor Nick Stringer is an English actor. Read more
10 Aug 1947: Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist Ian Scott Anderson is a British musician best known as the lead vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he has been the only constant member since the band's founding in 1967. A multi-instrumentalist, Anderson also plays harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. Read more
10 Aug 1947: Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tambun since 2022. Upon becoming prime minister, he appointed himself Minister of Finance. Anwar is also the president of PKR since 2018 and the chairman of Pakatan Harapan coalition since 2020. Read more
10 Aug 1947: John Spencer, English rugby player and manager John Southern Spencer is a former England international rugby union player. Read more
10 Aug 1947: Alan Ward, English cricketer Alan Ward was an English cricketer, who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team between 1969 and 1976. He played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club from 1966 to 1976, and for Leicestershire from 1977 to 1978. A fast right-arm bowler, he could, with more fortune, have been the perfect foil of his era for John Snow. Read more
10 Aug 1943: Louise Forestier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress Louise Forestier is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. Read more
10 Aug 1943: Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005) James Arthur Griffin was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the 1970s soft rock band Bread. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1970 as co-writer of "For All We Know". Read more
10 Aug 1943: Michael Mantler, American trumpet player and composer Michael Mantler is an Austrian avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer of contemporary music. Read more
10 Aug 1943: Shafqat Rana, Indian-Pakistani cricketer Shafqat Rana is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1964 to 1969. Read more
10 Aug 1943: Ronnie Spector, American singer-songwriter (died 2022) Veronica Yvette Greenfield, known professionally as Ronnie Spector, was an American singer. Regarded as the "bad girl of rock and roll", she achieved international fame for founding and fronting the girl group the Ronettes. Read more
10 Aug 1942: Speedy Duncan, American football player (died 2021) Leslie Herbert "Speedy" Duncan was an American professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Jackson State Tigers. Duncan played seven seasons with the San Diego Chargers, where he was a three-time AFL All-Star. He was also named to the Pro Bowl with the Washington Redskins. Duncan was inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame and was named to their 40th and 50th anniversary teams. Read more
10 Aug 1942: Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer Betsey Johnson is an American fashion designer best known for her colorful, cute, and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She is also known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the end of her fashion shows. She is a recipient of the 2015 CFDA Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more
10 Aug 1942: Michael Pepper, English physicist and engineer Sir Michael Pepper is a British physicist notable for his work in semiconductor nanostructures. Read more
10 Aug 1941: Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer and journalist Anita Lonsbrough,, later known by her married name Anita Porter, is an English former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Read more
10 Aug 1941: Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor Susan Dorothea White is an Australian artist and author. She is a narrative artist and her work concerns the natural world and human situation, increasingly incorporating satire and irony to convey her concern for human rights and equality. She is the author of Draw Like da Vinci (2006). Read more
10 Aug 1940: Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (died 2003) Robert Lee Hatfield was an American singer. He and Bill Medley performed together as the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody". Read more
10 Aug 1940: Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (died 2012) Sidney Waddell was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the Voice of Darts due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC and Sky Sports. Due to his joke-telling skills he was also nicknamed the Thief of Bad Gags, firstly by Dave Lanning. He was nominated for two awards for his work, and published several books. Read more
10 Aug 1939: Kate O'Mara, English actress (died 2014) Kate O'Mara was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974), Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1982), Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (1982), Goneril in King Lear (1987), and Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene (2008). Read more
10 Aug 1939: Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (died 2012) Charles Grandison Rose III was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 7th congressional district from 1973 to 1997. Read more
10 Aug 1938: Tony Ross, English author and illustrator Anthony Lee Ross is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books. In Britain, he is best known for writing and illustrating his Little Princess books and for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, both of which have become TV series for Milkshake! and CITV respectively based on his artwork. He also illustrates the works of David Walliams. He has also illustrated the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger, the Dr. Xargle series by Jeanne Willis, and the Harry The Poisonous Centipede series by Lynne Reid Banks. Read more
10 Aug 1937: Anatoly Sobchak, Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (died 2000) Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician and legal scholar, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg. Read more
10 Aug 1936: Malene Schwartz, Danish actress Malene Schwartz is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1955. In the TV series Matador she played the role of Maude Varnæs. She was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Read more
10 Aug 1935: Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces (died 2018) Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart, Baron Stewartby, was a British Conservative Party politician and numismatist. He was the Member of Parliament for Hitchin from February 1974 to 1983, and for North Hertfordshire from 1983 to 1992. He sat in the House of Lords from 1992 to 2015. Read more
10 Aug 1935: Ad van Luyn, Dutch bishop Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn, SDB, is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Rotterdam from 1994 to 2011 and President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community from 2006 to 2011. Read more
10 Aug 1934: Tevfik Kış, Turkish wrestler and trainer (died 2019) Tevfik Kış was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics. Read more
10 Aug 1933: Doyle Brunson, American poker player (died 2023) Doyle Frank Brunson was an American poker player who played professionally for over 60 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker. Read more
10 Aug 1933: Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English lawyer and judge Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and was the highest-ranking female judge in the United Kingdom until 2004, when Baroness Hale was appointed to the House of Lords. Until June 2007, she chaired the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed. She stood down from that task with effect from that date, and the inquest was conducted by Lord Justice Scott Baker. Read more
10 Aug 1933: Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2024) Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. was an American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1955 to 1968, most prominently as a member of the Cleveland Indians, with whom he established himself as a fan favorite for his powerful hitting and his strong throwing arm. Colavito also played for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Yankees. At the time of his retirement in 1968, Colavito ranked third among AL right-handed hitters for home runs (374) and eighth for AL games played as a right fielder (1,272). Read more
10 Aug 1933: Keith Duckworth, English engineer, founded Cosworth (died 2005) David Keith Duckworth was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One. Read more
10 Aug 1932: Alexander Goehr, English composer and academic (died 2024) Peter Alexander Goehr was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin and Robin Holloway. Read more
10 Aug 1932: Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal Gaudencio Borbón Rosales, also known as Lolo Dency, is a Filipino Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Manila, from 2003 to 2011. He was made a cardinal in 2006. Read more
10 Aug 1931: Dolores Alexander, American journalist and activist (died 2008) Dolores Alexander was a journalist and lesbian feminist best known for her work as executive director in the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1969 to 1970, as co-owner of the feminist restaurant Mother Courage from 1972 to 1977, and co-founder of Women Against Pornography (WAP) in 1979. Read more
10 Aug 1931: Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013) Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. was an American actor, filmmaker, educator, activist, and perennial candidate. He was best known as the star and director of the Billy Jack tetralogy of action drama films, produced between 1969 and 1977. His unique promotion of the 1974's The Trial of Billy Jack was a major influence on the way films are marketed. Read more
10 Aug 1930: Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (died 2012) Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger. Read more
10 Aug 1928: Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (died 2010) Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, songwriter, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials, and his likeness and voice continue to be used in advertisements after his death. Read more
10 Aug 1928: Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (died 2010) Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher was an American singer and actor. Popular during the 1950s, he sold millions of records and hosted his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show. Fisher had multiple high-profile marriages, including with Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens. Read more
10 Aug 1928: Gerino Gerini, Italian racing driver (died 2013) Gerino Gerini was a racing driver from Italy. Read more
10 Aug 1928: Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (died 2010) Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio was an American-Australian chiropractor, actor, boxing referee, boxing judge, and sports commentator. He was equally prominent as a character actor on film and television, and as a personality in the sports world. He was a long-time commentator on the Seven Network's World of Sport from 1976 to 1987. The Sydney Morning Herald described him as "one of the most recognised and loved faces in Australian television," while boxing writer Paul Upham called him "one of the great characters of Australian boxing." Read more
10 Aug 1927: Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist (died 2005) James Henry Martin was an American bluegrass singer and musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass". Read more
10 Aug 1927: Vernon Washington, American actor (died 1988) Samuel Vernon Washington was an American actor who starred in film and television. Read more
10 Aug 1926: Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (died 2013) Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world. She taught many of the world's prominent organists. She was a specialist in Bach, making three recordings of his complete organ works, as well as French organ music. Read more
10 Aug 1926: Carol Ruth Vander Velde, American mathematician (died 1972) Carol Karp, born Carol Ruth Vander Velde, was an American mathematician of Dutch ancestry best known for her work on infinitary logic. She also played viola in an all-women orchestra. She is the namesake of the Association for Symbolic Logic's Karp Prize. Read more
10 Aug 1925: George Cooper, English general (died 2020) General Sir George Leslie Conroy Cooper, was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1981 to 1984. Read more
10 Aug 1924: Nancy Buckingham, English author (died 2022) Nancy Joyce Buckingham Sawyer was a British writer who co-authored over 45 gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer. She became the eighth elected Chairman (1975–1977) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and was later one of its vice-presidents. Read more
10 Aug 1924: Martha Hyer, American actress (died 2014) Martha Hyer was an American actress who played Gwen French in Some Came Running (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her autobiography, Finding My Way: A Hollywood Memoir, was published in 1990. Read more
10 Aug 1924: Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (died 1998) Jean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary continental philosophy and authored 26 books and many articles. He was a director of the International College of Philosophy founded by Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, Jean-Pierre Faye, and Dominique Lecourt. Read more
10 Aug 1923: Bill Doolittle, American football player and coach (died 2014) Francis William Doolittle was an American football player and coach. Doolittle attended high school in Mansfield, Ohio, where he was selected as an all-state quarterback in his senior year. He enrolled at Ohio State University in 1941. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943, served 53 months in the military and earned a Bronze Star for his service in the Pacific Theater before returning to Ohio State. He played college football as quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team in 1946 and 1947. Read more
10 Aug 1923: Rhonda Fleming, American actress (died 2020) Rhonda Fleming was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamorous actresses of her day, nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor" because she photographed so well in that medium. Read more
10 Aug 1923: Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer (died 2015) Frederick Ridgway was an English professional cricketer who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team on the 1951–52 tour of India. Ridgway played county cricket as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club between 1946 and 1961. Read more
10 Aug 1923: SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter and illustrator (died 1994) Sheikh Mohammed Sultan, popularly known as S M Sultan, was a Bengali decolonial artist who worked in painting and drawing. His fame rests on his striking depictions of exaggeratedly muscular Bengali peasants engaged in the activities of their everyday lives. Sultan's early works were influenced by western technics and forms, particularly impressionism, however, in his later works particularly, works exhibited in 1976, we discover there is a constant temptation to decolonize his art technics and forms. Read more
10 Aug 1922: Al Alberts, American pop singer and composer (died 2009) Al Alberts was an American popular singer and composer. Read more
10 Aug 1920: Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (died 1998) William "Red" Holzman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1977, and again from 1978 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986. Read more
10 Aug 1918: Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (died 2013) Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. The second was as the first commanding officer of USS Long Beach, America's first nuclear surface ship. The third was in 1980 when he was chosen as the first President and CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) from which he retired in 1984. Read more
10 Aug 1914: Jeff Corey, American actor and director (died 2002) Jeff Corey was an American actor, television director, and teacher. After being blacklisted in the 1950s, he became one of the most prominent and influential acting coaches in Hollywood, whose students included the likes of Kirk Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Cher, Barbra Streisand and Rob Reiner. He returned to film and television work in the 1960s, playing many character roles. Read more
10 Aug 1914: Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian racing driver and polo player (died 1973) Carlos Alberto Menditéguy was a racing driver and polo player from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He entered 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of nine championship points. He led the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix for 38 laps until his driveshaft gave out. Read more
10 Aug 1914: Ray Smith, English cricketer (died 1996) Ray Smith was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1934 and 1956. Read more
10 Aug 1913: Noah Beery Jr., American actor (died 1994) Noah Lindsey Beery was an American actor often specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more famous uncle, however, Beery Jr. seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. Active as an actor in films or television for well over half a century, he was best known for playing Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, the father of James Garner's character, James Rockford, in the NBC television series The Rockford Files (1974–1980). His father, Noah Beery, enjoyed a similarly lengthy film career as a supporting actor in major films, although the elder Beery was also frequently a leading man during the silent film era. Read more
10 Aug 1913: Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (died 1983) Kalevi Kotkas was an Estonian-born Finnish athlete, specializing in high jump, discus throw and shot put. He became the first ever European champion in high jump, in 1934 in Turin, and competed in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he cleared the same height of 2.00 m as the medalists Dave Albritton and Delos Thurber, but made more attempts and was placed fourth. Read more
10 Aug 1913: Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993) Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work with Hans Georg Dehmelt; the other half of the Prize in that year was awarded to Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. Read more
10 Aug 1912: Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001) Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, known as Jorge Amado, was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976, and having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least seven times. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. Read more
10 Aug 1911: Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (died 2011) Leonidas Andrianopoulos was a Greek footballer who played as a forward. Read more
10 Aug 1911: A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and author (died 1993) Adrian Nicholas Sherwin-White, FBA was a British academic and ancient historian. He was a fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford and President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. His most important works include a study of Roman citizenship based on his doctoral thesis, a treatment of the New Testament from the point of view of Roman law and society, and a commentary on the letters of Pliny the Younger. Read more
10 Aug 1910: Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (died 1954) Guy Mairesse was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 September 1950. He scored no championship points. Read more
10 Aug 1909: Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (died 1991) Clarence Leonidas Fender was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Read more
10 Aug 1909: Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (died 1992) Richard Joseph Hughes was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. A Democrat, he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both governor and chief justice. Hughes was also the first Roman Catholic governor in New Jersey's history. Read more
10 Aug 1908: Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (died 2009) Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson, née Sandilands, was an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on botany and birds, as well as genealogy and general history. Erickson authored ten books, co-authored four, was editor of twelve, and author or co-author of numerous papers and articles that have been printed in popular, scientific and encyclopaedic publications. Read more
10 Aug 1908: Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (died 1977) Adelino William Gonsalves was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S. squad at the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Aug 1907: Su Yu, Chinese general and politician (died 1984) Su Yu, courtesy name Yu (裕), was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army. He was considered by Mao Zedong to be among the best commanders of the PLA, only next to Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao and Liu Bocheng. Su Yu fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War and in the Chinese Civil War. He commanded the East China Field Army during the Chinese Civil War. His most notable accomplishments were the Battle of Menglianggu, the Battle of Huaihai, the Yangtze River crossing, and the capture of Shanghai. Read more
10 Aug 1905: Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author (died 1986) Era Bell Thompson was an American writer and editor. Read more
10 Aug 1903: Ward Moore, American author (died 1978) Joseph Ward Moore was an American science fiction writer. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, "he contributed only infrequently to the field, [but] each of his books became something of a classic." Read more
10 Aug 1902: Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died 1983) Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, was nominated six times in all, and won one for Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930). Read more
10 Aug 1902: Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (died 2000) Curt Siodmak was a German-American novelist, screenwriter and director. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain. He was the younger brother of noir director Robert Siodmak. Read more
10 Aug 1902: Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971) Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius was a Swedish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins." Read more
10 Aug 1900: Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1994) Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m sprint. He served as the 11th governor-general of New Zealand from 1967 to 1972, becoming the first New Zealand-born person to hold the office. Read more
10 Aug 1897: John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (died 1988) John Wilmer Galbreath was an American building contractor and sportsman. Read more
10 Aug 1897: Jack Haley, American actor and singer (died 1979) John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He is most notable for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. Read more
10 Aug 1896: Charlie Daly, Executed Irish Republican (died 1923) Charlie Daly, born in Castlemaine, County Kerry, was the second son of Con. W. Daly, of Knockaneacoolteen, Firies, County Kerry. He went to school, first to Ballyfinnane National School, and later to the Christian Brothers at Tralee. Read more
10 Aug 1895: Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (died 1969) Hampden Stanley Bray Love was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match for the Australia national cricket team in 1933. He replaced Bert Oldfield as wicket-keeper for the Ashes match played at Brisbane after Oldfield retired hurt in the Adelaide test of the Bodyline series. Love made his debut for New South Wales in the 1920–21 season but later switched to Victoria in order to gain more opportunities. He was Australia's second choice keeper for the first half of the 1930s but was unable to get a game due to Bert Oldfield's keeping ability. He also was a more than useful batsman, hitting seven hundreds in 54 games with a top score of 192. Read more
10 Aug 1894: V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980) Varahagiri Venkata Giri, better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian statesman, activist, and diplomat who served as the president of India from 1969 to 1974. He previously served as the vice president of India from 1967 to 1969 and the minister of labour from 1952 to 1954. Read more
10 Aug 1890: Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1954) Angus Lewis Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval services. He oversaw the creation of an effective Canadian navy and Allied convoy service during World War II. After the war, he returned to Nova Scotia to become premier again. In the election of 1945, his Liberals returned to power while their main rivals, the Conservatives, failed to win a single seat. The Liberal rallying cry, "All's Well With Angus L.," was so effective that the Conservatives despaired of ever beating Macdonald. He died in office in 1954. Read more
10 Aug 1889: Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died 1967) Charles Brace Darrow was an American board game designer often credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly, which was published by Parker Brothers in 1935. However, the game's origins trace back to The Landlord's Game, created and patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904. Darrow encountered a modified version of Magie's game, made changes, and sold it to Parker Brothers, who marketed him as the sole inventor. Magie's foundational role was largely forgotten until later historical research brought it to light. Read more
10 Aug 1889: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (died 1968) Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up to assist Polish Jews to escape the Holocaust. In 1943, she was arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, but survived the war. Read more
10 Aug 1888: Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (died 1940) Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark was the fifth and youngest son and youngest child of King George I of Greece, belonging to a dynasty which mounted and lost the throne of Greece several times during his lifetime. Much of his life was spent living abroad. Read more
10 Aug 1884: Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (died 1935) Panait Istrati (Romanian: [panaˈit isˈtratʲ]; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Istrati appears to be the first Romanian author explicitly depicting a homosexual character in his work. Read more
10 Aug 1880: Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1964) Robert Lee Thornton was an American banker and politician who served as the 47th mayor of Dallas from 1953 to 1961. A child of tenant farmers, Thornton's early years were divided between school and farm labor. After holding several jobs and starting two unsuccessful business ventures, Thornton began a banking operation in Dallas in 1916. The bank progressed to be a Texas-wide institution, and by 1923 it had a national charter. Thornton served as president (1916–1947) and board chairman (1947–1964) of the bank he founded, the Mercantile Bank and Trust Co. Read more
10 Aug 1878: Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957) Bruno Alfred Döblin was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of literary movements and styles, Döblin is one of the most important figures of German literary modernism. His complete works comprise over a dozen novels ranging in genre from historical novels to science fiction to novels about the modern metropolis; several dramas, radio plays, and screenplays; a true crime story; a travel account; two book-length philosophical treatises; scores of essays on politics, religion, art, and society; and numerous letters—his complete works, republished by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag and Fischer Verlag, span more than thirty volumes. His first published novel, Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lung, appeared in 1915 and his final novel, Hamlet oder Die lange Nacht nimmt ein Ende was published in 1956, one year before his death. Read more
10 Aug 1877: Frank Marshall, American chess player and author (died 1944) Frank James Marshall was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century. Read more
10 Aug 1874: Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964) Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. As a member of the Republican Party, he served as the third United States secretary of commerce from 1921 to 1928 before being elected president in 1928. His presidency was dominated by the Great Depression, and his policies and methods to combat it were seen as inadequate and overly conservative. Amid his unpopularity, he decisively lost re-election to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Read more
10 Aug 1874: Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania (died 1944) Antanas Smetona was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist, and politician. He served as the first president of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and later as the authoritarian head of state from 1926 until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940. Referred to as the "Leader of the Nation" during his presidency, Smetona is recognised as one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World War I and World War II, and a prominent ideologist of Lithuanian nationalism and the movement for national revival. Read more
10 Aug 1872: William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (died 1972) William Manuel "Bill" Johnson was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; he is considered the father of the "slap" style of double bass playing. Read more
10 Aug 1870: Trần Tế Xương, Vietnamese poet and satirist (died 1907) Trần Tế Xương also known by the pen name Tú Xương was a Vietnamese poet and satirist. His poems and literary works frequently targeted the gallicization of the Vietnamese middle classes. Read more
10 Aug 1869: Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar (died 1943) Robert Laurence Binyon, CH was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry in 1891. He worked for the British Museum from 1893 until his retirement in 1933. In 1904 he married the historian Cicely Margaret Powell, with whom he had three daughters, including the artist Nicolete Gray. Read more
10 Aug 1868: Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (died 1954) Hugo Eckener was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by the Nazi regime and eventually sidelined. Read more
10 Aug 1865: Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936) Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. He continued as head of the Conservatory until 1930, though he had left the Soviet Union in 1928 and did not return. The best-known student under his tenure during the early Soviet years was Dmitri Shostakovich. Read more
10 Aug 1860: Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936) Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian music theorist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated for centuries mostly through oral traditions. During those earlier times, the art had undergone several changes, rendering the raga grammar documented in scant outdated texts. Read more
10 Aug 1856: William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (died 1915) William Willett was a British builder and a promoter of British Summer Time. Read more
10 Aug 1848: William Harnett, Irish-American painter and educator (died 1892) William Michael Harnett was an American painter known for his trompe-l'œil still lifes of ordinary objects. Read more
10 Aug 1845: Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1904) Abai Qūnanbaiūly was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. His name is also transliterated as Abay Kunanbayev ; among Kazakhs he is known as Abai. Read more
10 Aug 1839: Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist and academic (died 1896) Alexander Grigorievich Stoletov was a Russian physicist, founder of electrical engineering, and professor in Moscow University. He was the brother of general Nikolai Stoletov. Read more
10 Aug 1827: Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (died 1870) Lovro Toman was a Slovene Romantic nationalist revolutionary activist during the Revolution of 1848, known as the person who in Ljubljana, at the Wolf Street 8, raised the Slovene tricolor for the first time in history in response to a German flag raised on top of the Ljubljana Castle. Later he helped founding one of the first Slovene publishing houses, the Slovenska matica. He was a Slovene national conservative politician and member of the Austrian Parliament. Together with Janez Bleiweis and Etbin Henrik Costa, he was part of the leadership of the Old Slovene party. Read more
10 Aug 1825: István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (died 1908) István Türr was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi. In the later years of his life became known as a peace activist. Read more
10 Aug 1823: Hugh Stowell Brown, English minister and reformer (died 1886) Hugh Stowell Brown was a Manx Christian minister and renowned preacher. Read more
10 Aug 1821: Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (died 1905) Jay Cooke was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm. Read more
10 Aug 1814: Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890) Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company. Read more
10 Aug 1814: John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general (died 1881) John Clifford Pemberton was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission and served as a lieutenant-general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Mississippi from December 1862 to July 1863 and was the commanding officer during the Confederate surrender at the Siege of Vicksburg. Read more
10 Aug 1810: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861) Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as the Count of Cavour or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification. He was one of the leaders of the Historical Right and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1852, a position he maintained until his death, throughout the Second Italian War of Independence and Giuseppe Garibaldi's campaigns to unite Italy. After the declaration of a united Kingdom of Italy, Cavour took office as the first Prime Minister of Italy; he died after only three months in office and did not live to see the Roman Question solved through the complete unification of the country after the Capture of Rome in 1870. Read more
10 Aug 1809: John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer (died 1851) John Kirk Townsend was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector. Read more
10 Aug 1805: Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic (died 1875) Ferenc Toldy was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary. Read more

Notable Deaths on 10 August

10 Aug 2025: Anas Al-Sharif, Palestinian journalist and videographer (born 1996) Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif was a Palestinian journalist and videographer for Al Jazeera Arabic, known for his frontline reporting from northern Gaza during the Gaza war. In 2024, Al-Sharif's Reuters team was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for their "raw and urgent" photos documenting the Gaza war. Read more
10 Aug 2024: Rachael Lillis, American voice actress and scriptwriter (born 1978) Rachael Lillis was an American voice actress. She was best known for her performances as Misty, Jessie, and Jigglypuff in the first eight seasons of the English dub of the TV series Pokémon. She also provided voices for many other animation works and video games. Read more
10 Aug 2024: Peggy Moffitt, American model and actress (born 1937) Margaret Moffitt was an American model and actress. During the 1960s, she worked very closely with fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, and developed a signature style that featured heavy makeup and an asymmetrical haircut. As an actress, she had a number of bit parts in various films, including as a fashion model in Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup. Read more
10 Aug 2022: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (born 1945) Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri was a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004. Read more
10 Aug 2021: Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1943) Anthony James "Tony O" Esposito was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender, who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 15 of those for the Chicago Blackhawks. He was one of the pioneers of the now popular butterfly style. Tony was the younger brother of Phil Esposito, a centre. Both brothers had notable careers and are enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Esposito's jersey number 35 was retired by the Blackhawks in 1988. Read more
10 Aug 2019: Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953) Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. He died in custody awaiting his trial and his death was ruled a suicide. Read more
10 Aug 2017: Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929) Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM was a German–Pakistani Catholic Christian religious sister and physician who was a member of the "Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary". She emigrated from Germany in 1961 and devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan. Pfau was honoured with Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam awards. Read more
10 Aug 2015: Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1941) Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr. was an American professional stock car racing driver and commentator. Over the course of his 33-year racing career, he won 19 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the 1980 Daytona 500. Known by the nickname "Gentle Giant", Baker was noted for his prowess at NASCAR's superspeedways, Daytona and Talladega, at which he won a combined six races. After his racing career, he worked as a broadcaster and co-hosted a number of radio shows on SiriusXM. Read more
10 Aug 2015: Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1935) Endre Czeizel was a Hungarian physician, geneticist, public health administrator, and professor. He was a physician who graduated from Semmelweis University. He was known for discovering that vitamin B9 or folic acid prevents or reduces the formation of more serious developmental disorders, such as neural tube defects like spina bifida. He issued some of his English-language publications under the name Andrew E. Czeizel. He was the Hungarian Director of United Nations World Health Organization (1984-?). From 1996 thru 1998 he was the Director-General of the Hungarian National Institutes of Health. He died from leukemia following a successful bone marrow transplant after approximately one year. Read more
10 Aug 2015: Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1922) Knut "Bossen" Osnes was a Norwegian footballer and coach, who most notably played for Lyn and Norway, and coaching Lyn to the 1968 league title and a good run in the Cup Winners Cup the same year. Read more
10 Aug 2015: Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (born 1952) Eric Verpaele, pseudonym: Eriek Verpale) was a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent. He was an editor of the magazine Koebel, several literary magazines and the Belgisch-Israëlitisch Weekblad. Read more
10 Aug 2014: Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (born 1928) James Dalton Command was an American professional baseball player and scout. He had two separate trials with the 1954–55 Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB), starting four games as a third baseman in July 1954, while also serving as a pinch hitter and pinch runner, playing in a total of 14 big league games. However, Command was a versatile performer during a 14-season minor league career – playing all the infield positions, the outfield, and, late in his career, converting to catcher. Read more
10 Aug 2014: Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (born 1945) Dotty Lynch was an academic, journalist and political pollster, best known for being the first woman to be chief polltaker for a presidential campaign when she worked for Gary Hart. She also served as political advisor to George McGovern and Jimmy Carter. Read more
10 Aug 2014: Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (born 1912) Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, was a British mathematician and politician who was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1975 to 1976 and an advisor on educational matters to Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s. Read more
10 Aug 2014: Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (born 1930) Robert George Wiesler was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators in parts of five seasons spanning 1951–1958. Listed at 6' 3", 188 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed. Read more
10 Aug 2013: William P. Clark Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (born 1931) William Patrick Clark Jr. was an American rancher, judge, and public servant who served under President Ronald Reagan as the deputy secretary of state from 1981 to 1982, United States national security advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the secretary of the interior from 1983 to 1985. Read more
10 Aug 2013: Jonathan Dawson, Australian historian and academic (born 1941) Jonathan Dawson was an Australian academic, filmmaker, film and literary critic and broadcaster. Read more
10 Aug 2013: Eydie Gormé, American singer and actress (born 1928) Eydie Gormé was an American singer who achieved notable success in pop, Latin, and jazz genres. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums and television. She also performed on Broadway and in Las Vegas and was an occasional actress. Read more
10 Aug 2013: David C. Jones, American general (born 1921) David Charles Jones was a United States Air Force general and the ninth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, Jones served as the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the United States Armed Forces. He previously served as the ninth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and fifteenth commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe. Read more
10 Aug 2013: Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (born 1936) Jody Payne was an American country musician and singer. He is best known as a longtime guitarist in Willie Nelson's band, The Family. Read more
10 Aug 2013: Amy Wallace, American author (born 1955) Amy Wallace was an American writer. She was the daughter of writers Irving Wallace and Sylvia Wallace and the sister of writer and populist historian David Wallechinsky. She was co-author of the bestselling book The Book of Lists (1977). Read more
10 Aug 2012: Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (born 1963) Philippe Bernard Bugalski was a French rally driver. Read more
10 Aug 2012: Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (born 1916) Ioan Dicezare was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. He was born and died in Bucharest. Read more
10 Aug 2012: Irving Fein, American producer and manager (born 1911) Irving Fein was an American television and film producer, and the manager of entertainers Jack Benny and George Burns. Read more
10 Aug 2012: William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (born 1916) William Wallace Momyer was a general officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force (USAF). Among his notable posts were those commanding Air Training Command, the Seventh Air Force during the Vietnam War, and Tactical Air Command (TAC). During his tour in Southeast Asia, he was concurrently the deputy commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) for air operations and thus responsible for Operation Rolling Thunder, the air campaign against North Vietnam, which Momyer executed in the face of micromanagement from President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Read more
10 Aug 2012: Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (born 1925) Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist. He was the winner of three Academy Awards: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien and the design of the title character of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In 2017, he was inducted into the Visual Effects Society Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Aug 2011: Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925) Billy Wayne Grammer was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player. He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and pop music charts in 1959. Grammer would become a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, eventually designing, and marketing his namesake guitar after co-founding a guitar company, in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more
10 Aug 2010: Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (born 1948) Markus Liebherr was a German-born Swiss businessman and a member of one of Europe's top family business dynasties. He was a Swiss entrepreneur and owner of MALI International AG, which he founded in 1994. Read more
10 Aug 2010: Adam Stansfield, English footballer (born 1978) Adam Stansfield was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. He competed professionally for Yeovil Town, Hereford United and Exeter City, and won promotion from the Football Conference to The Football League with all three teams. Read more
10 Aug 2010: David L. Wolper, American director and producer (born 1928) David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, and North and South, and the theatrically-released films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and L.A. Confidential (1997). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as helping to bring the games there. His 1971 film about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award. Read more
10 Aug 2008: Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1942) Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter,
as well as a session musician and record producer. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Aug 2007: Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1925) Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler was an American military serviceman and electrician. He was trained with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Read more
10 Aug 2007: James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1920) James Esdras Faust was an American religious leader, lawyer, and politician. Faust was Second Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 until his death, an LDS Church apostle for 29 years, and a general authority of the church for 35 years. Read more
10 Aug 2007: Jean Rédélé, French race car driver and pilot, founded Alpine (born 1922) Jean Rédélé, was an automotive pioneer, pilot and founder of the French automotive brand Alpine. Read more
10 Aug 2007: Tony Wilson, English journalist, producer, and manager, co-founded Factory Records (born 1950) Anthony Howard Wilson was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager and impresario, and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4. Read more
10 Aug 2002: Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962) Michael Houser was an American guitarist known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the band Widespread Panic. He appeared on seven studio albums during his 16-year tenure with the band from 1986 till 2002. He is also featured on 4 live albums by Widespread Panic as well as several archive releases, live video concerts and compilations. Two solo albums by Houser were released posthumously. Read more
10 Aug 2002: Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (born 1926) Kristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science. Read more
10 Aug 2001: Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (born 1917) Louis Boudreau, nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "the Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a shortstop on the Cleveland Indians, and managed four teams for 15 seasons including 10 seasons as a player-manager. He was also a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs and in college was a dual-sport athlete in baseball and basketball, earning All-American honors in basketball for the University of Illinois. Read more
10 Aug 2000: Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (born 1925) William Gilbert Anthony Parkhouse was a Welsh cricketer who played in seven Tests for England in 1950, 1950–51 and 1959. Read more
10 Aug 1999: Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television presenter (born 1928) Jennifer Mary Paterson was a British celebrity cook, author, actress and television personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999) with Clarissa Dickson Wright. Prior to this, she wrote cookery columns for The Spectator and for The Oldie. Read more
10 Aug 1999: Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (born 1899) Baldev Upadhyaya was a Hindi and Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic. He wrote numerous books, collections of essays and a historical outline of Sanskrit literature. He is noted for discussing Sanskrit literature in the Hindi language. Earlier books related to Sanskrit literature were often written either in Sanskrit or in English. Read more
10 Aug 1997: Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1953) Jean-Claude Lauzon was a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. Born to a working class family in Montreal, Quebec, Lauzon dropped out of high school and worked various jobs before studying film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His two feature-length films, Night Zoo (1987) and Léolo (1992), established him as one of the most important Canadian directors of his generation. American film critic Roger Ebert wrote that "Lauzon is so motivated by his resentments and desires that everything he creates is pressed into the cause and filled with passion." Read more
10 Aug 1997: Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (born 1912) Samuel Conlon Nancarrow was a US-born Mexican composer. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical instruments, realizing their potential to play far beyond human performance ability. He lived most of his life in relative isolation and did not become widely known until the 1980s. Read more
10 Aug 1993: Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (born 1968) Øystein Aarseth, better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene. He was a co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and was the only constant member from the band's formation in 1984 until his murder in 1993. He was also founder and owner of the extreme metal record label Deathlike Silence Productions and record shop Helvete. Read more
10 Aug 1991: Lưu Trọng Lư, Vietnamese poet and playwright (born 1912) Lưu Trọng Lư (1911–1991) was a Vietnamese poet, play writer, and novelist. He was born in 1911 at Cao Lao Hạ village, Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast, Vietnam. He attended Quốc học Huế school, then moved to Hanoi to work as a writer and journalist. He wrote many famous poems such as "The Voices of Autumn". He was one of the founders of the New Poetry Movement in Vietnam. Read more
10 Aug 1987: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1893) Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas was a Greek poet, lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 1965. Read more
10 Aug 1985: Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (born 1906) Nathan Robert Barragar was an American collegiate and professional football player. Read more
10 Aug 1982: Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (born 1962) Anderson Bigode Herzer was a writer and poet. He died by suicide at the age of 20. The film Vera by Sérgio Toledo is based on Herzer's life. Read more
10 Aug 1980: Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (born 1917) Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was a Pakistani four-star rank general who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, under martial law. His presidency oversaw a civil war in East Pakistan, resulting in Bangladesh's secession. He also served as the fifth commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army from 1966 to 1971. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Dick Foran, American actor and singer (born 1910) John Nicholas "Dick" Foran was an American actor and singer, known for his performances in Western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. He appeared in dozens of movies of every type during his lengthy career, often with top stars leading the cast. Read more
10 Aug 1979: Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (born 1889) Walther Gerlach was a German physicist who co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field, the Stern–Gerlach effect. The experiment was conceived by Otto Stern in 1921 and successfully conducted first by Gerlach in early 1922.
He was Nazi Germany's plenipotentiary of nuclear physics from December 1943 until his capture by US Army in May 1945. Read more
10 Aug 1976: Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (born 1894) William Albert Stanley Oldfield was an Australian cricketer and businessman. He played for New South Wales and Australia as a wicket-keeper. Oldfield's 52 stumpings during his Test career remains a record several decades after his final Test. Read more
10 Aug 1969: János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (born 1899) János Kodolányi Hungarian writer of short stories, dramas, novels and sociographies. The Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences was named after him. Read more
10 Aug 1963: Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (born 1903) Carey Estes Kefauver was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the U.S. Senate from 1949 until his death in 1963. He was the winner of most of the 1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries, though he was not nominated at the convention. Read more
10 Aug 1963: Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (born 1877) Ernst Wetter was a Swiss politician. Read more
10 Aug 1961: Julia Peterkin, American author (born 1880) Julia Peterkin was an American author from South Carolina, who advocated for African Americans and wrote about the portrayals of the southern life. In 1929 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Scarlet Sister Mary. She wrote several novels about the plantation South, especially the Gullah people of the Low country. As a white author, she developed a unique perspective on the African American lifestyle during her time. She was one of the few white authors who wrote about the African-American experience. She collaborated with photographer Doris Ulmann on Roll, Jordan, Roll. Read more
10 Aug 1960: Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (born 1887) Hamide Ayşe Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Müşfika Kadın. Read more
10 Aug 1958: Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (born 1910) Joseph Franklin Demaree was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants (1939–41), Boston Braves (1941–42), St. Louis Cardinals (1943) and St. Louis Browns (1944). Read more
10 Aug 1954: Robert Adair, American-born British actor (born 1900) Robert Adair was an American-born British actor. He was born in San Francisco. He was also known as Robert A'Dair, the name by which he was billed in Journey's End (1930). Read more
10 Aug 1949: Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (born 1892) Homer Burton Adkins was an American chemist who studied the hydrogenation of organic compounds. Adkins was regarded as top in his field and a world authority on the hydrogenation of organic compounds. Adkins is known for his wartime work, where he experimented with chemical agents and poisonous gasses. Renowned for his work, Adkins eventually suffered a series of heart attacks and died in 1949. Read more
10 Aug 1948: Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (born 1873) Kan'ichi Asakawa was a Japanese academic, author, historian, curator and peace advocate. Asakawa was Japanese by birth and citizenship though he lived the majority of his life in the United States. Read more
10 Aug 1948: Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1870) Andrew M. Brown was a Scottish-American soccer player, executive and coach who had a short tenure as coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Read more
10 Aug 1948: Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (born 1880) Augustus Montague Summers was an English author, clergyman, and teacher. As an independent scholar, he published many works on the English drama of the Stuart Restoration (1660–1688) and helped to organise and to promote the performance of plays from that period. He also wrote extensively on the occult and has been characterized as "arguably the most seminal twentieth-century purveyor of pop culture occultism." Read more
10 Aug 1945: Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (born 1882) Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American physicist, inventor, and engineer credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. By 1915 his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket and innovation. He and his team launched 34 rockets between 1926 and 1941, achieving altitudes as high as 2.6 km (1.6 mi) and speeds as fast as 885 km/h (550 mph). Read more
10 Aug 1933: Alf Morgans, Welsh-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Western Australia (born 1850) Alfred Edward Morgans was the fourth Premier of Western Australia, serving for just over a month, from 21 November to 23 December 1901. Read more
10 Aug 1932: Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (born 1918) Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France, that became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, Lee Duncan, who nicknamed him "Rinty". Duncan trained Rin Tin Tin and obtained silent film work for the dog. Rin Tin Tin was an immediate box-office success and went on to appear in 27 Hollywood films, gaining worldwide fame. Along with the earlier canine film star Strongheart, Rin Tin Tin was responsible for greatly increasing the popularity of German Shepherd dogs as family pets. The immense profitability of his films contributed to the success of Warner Bros. studios and helped advance the career of Darryl F. Zanuck from screenwriter to producer and studio executive. Read more
10 Aug 1929: Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1878) Pierre Joseph Louis Fatou was a French mathematician and astronomer. He is known for major contributions to several branches of analysis. The Fatou lemma and the Fatou set are named after him. Read more
10 Aug 1929: Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (born 1854) Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader in both the Dutch and international women's movements. She led campaigns aimed at deregulating prostitution, improving women's working conditions, promoting peace and calling for women's right to vote. Read more
10 Aug 1922: Reginald Dunne, Irish Republican, executed for the killing of Sir Henry Wilson Reginald William Dunne was Battalion Commandant of the London Battalion, Irish Republican Army (IRA) and one of two men hanged for the murder of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. Read more
10 Aug 1922: Joseph O'Sullivan, Irish Republican, executed for the killing of Sir Henry Wilson Joseph O'Sullivan, along with fellow Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer Reginald Dunne, shot dead Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson outside Wilson's home at 36 Eaton Place, Belgravia, London on 22 June 1922. Many Irish Republicans believed that this killing precipitated the start of the Irish Civil War. Convicted by a jury, he was sentenced to death by Mr Justice Shearman. Irish leader Éamon de Valera made a statement on the possible reason for the killing of Wilson: "I do not know who they were that shot Sir Henry Wilson, or why they shot him…I know that life has been made a hell for the Nationalist minority in Belfast and its neighborhood for the past couple of years".. Read more
10 Aug 1920: Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (born 1835) Ádám Politzer was a Hungarian and Austrian physician and one of the pioneers and founders of otology. Read more
10 Aug 1918: Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1897) Oberleutnant Erich Loewenhardt was a German soldier and military aviator who fought in the First World War and became a fighter ace credited with 54 confirmed aerial victories. Originally enlisting in an infantry regiment even though he was only 17, he fought in the Battle of Tannenberg, winning a battlefield commission on 2 October 1914. He would serve in the Carpathians and on the Italian Front before being medically discharged in mid-1915. Following a five month recuperation, Loewenhardt joined the Imperial German Air Service in 1916. After serving as an aerial observer and reconnaissance pilot, he underwent advanced training to become a fighter pilot with Jagdstaffel 10 in March 1917. Between 24 March 1917 and 10 August 1918, Loewenhardt shot down 45 enemy airplanes, as well as destroying nine observation balloons. Shortly after his final victory, he was killed in a collision with another German pilot. Read more
10 Aug 1916: John J. Loud, American inventor (born 1844) John Jacob Loud was an American inventor known for designing the first ballpoint pen. Read more
10 Aug 1915: Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (born 1887) Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number. This stemmed from his development of Moseley's law in X-ray spectra. Read more
10 Aug 1913: Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (born 1869) Johannes Linnankoski was a Finnish author and playwright, who mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel, The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1905). His primary themes were guilt, punishment, and redemption as moral questions. Read more
10 Aug 1904: Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (born 1846) Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau was a French Republican politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1899 to 1902. He served as Minister of the Interior at the same time, having previously occupied the latter office in 1881-1882 and 1883-1885. Read more
10 Aug 1896: Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (born 1848) Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders, therefore making the idea of heavier-than-air aircraft a reality. Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, favourably influencing public and scientific opinion about the possibility of flying machines becoming practical. Read more
10 Aug 1890: John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (born 1844) John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western Australia. Read more
10 Aug 1889: Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (born 1831) Jakob Ernst Arthur Böttcher was a Baltic German pathologist and anatomist who was a native of Bauska, in what was then the Courland Governorate. He worked primarily within the Russian Empire. Read more
10 Aug 1875: Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (born 1808) Karl Andree was a German geographer, publicist and consul. Read more
10 Aug 1862: Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (born 1829) Shusaku was a Japanese professional Go player during the 19th century. He is known for his undefeated streak of 19 games during the annual castle games; his thirty-game match with Ota Yuzo; the eponymous Shusaku opening; and his posthumous veneration as a "Go sage". Next to his teacher, Hon'inbō Shūwa, he is considered to have been the strongest player from 1847/8 to his death in 1862. He was nicknamed Invincible Shusaku because of his castle games performance. Read more
10 Aug 1839: Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (born 1758) Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, was a British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons. Born in London, he succeeded to the baronetcy on 12 October 1772, at which point he inherited Clowance, the family's estate near Crowan, Cornwall. Read more
10 Aug 1806: Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (born 1737) Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period and the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Read more
10 Aug 1802: Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (born 1724) Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus was a German mathematician, scientist, and natural philosopher residing in the Russian Empire. Aepinus is best known for his researches, theoretical and experimental, in electricity and magnetism. Read more

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