Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
August 10
| 955 | Otto organizes his nobles and defeats the invading Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in Germany. | |
| 1539 | King Francis of France declares that all official documents are to be written in French, not Latin. | |
| 1557 | French troops are defeated by Emmanuel Philibert's Spanish army at St. Quentin, France. | |
| 1582 | Russia ends its 25-year war with Poland. | |
| 1628 | The Swedish warship Vasa capsizes and sinks in Stockholm harbor on her maiden voyage. | |
| 1779 | Louis XVI of France frees the last remaining serfs on royal land. | |
| 1831 | William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, is the first to use the term "Old Glory" in connection with the American flag, when he gives that name to a large flag aboard his ship, the Charles Daggett. | |
| 1846 | The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington through the bequest of James Smithson. | |
| 1864 | Confederate Commander John Bell Hood sends his cavalry north of Atlanta to cut off Union General William Sherman's supply lines. | |
| 1911 | The House of Lords in Great Britain gives up its veto power, making the House of Commons the more powerful House. | |
| 1913 | The Treaty of Bucharest ends the Second Balkan War. | |
| 1941 | Great Britain and the Soviet Union promise aid to Turkey if it is attacked by the AxisPowers. | |
| 1950 | President Harry S. Truman calls the National Guard to active duty to fight in the Korean War. | |
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| 1753 | Edmund Jennings Randolph, governor of Virginia and first U.S. attorney general. | |
| 1810 | Camillo di Cavour, helped bring about the unification of Italy under the House of Saxony. | |
| 1874 | Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States (1929-1933). | |
| 1909 | George W. Crockett, first African-American lawyer with the U.S. Department of Labor. | |
| 1909 | Leo Fender, inventor of the first mass-produced electric guitar. | |
| 1928 | Eddie Fisher, American singer. | |
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