Editing August 10 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901|U.S. Steel recognition strike]] by the [[Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers]] begins.
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]] between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
*[[1905]] &ndash; Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Second Balkan War]]: Delegates from [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Montenegro]], and Greece sign the [[Treaty of Bucharest (1913)|Treaty of Bucharest]], ending the war.
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]]'s representatives sign the [[Treaty of Sèvres]] that divides up the [[Ottoman Empire]] between the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Regional Defence Council of Aragon]] is dissolved by the [[Second Spanish Republic]].<ref Name="Gacetarepublica">{{cite news| url = http://www.boe.es/datos/pdfs/BOE/1937/223/B00573-00573.pdf | title = Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros: Decretos | publisher = Gaceta de la República: Diario Oficial | issue = 223 | date = August 11, 1937 | language = es}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Guam (1944)|Battle of Guam]] comes to an effective end.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Narva (1944)|Battle of Narva]] ends with a defensive German victory.
*[[1945]] &ndash; 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."<ref>"On War.com, August 1945" | https://www.onwar.com/wwii/chronology/194508.html</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; ''[[Candid Camera]]'' makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as ''[[The Candid Microphone]]''.
*[[1949]] &ndash; 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 [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[First Indochina War]]: The [[French Union]] withdraws its forces from [[Operation Camargue]] against the [[Viet Minh]] in central [[Vietnam]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; At [[Massena, New York]], the groundbreaking ceremony for the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] is held.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The U.S. Army begins [[Operation Ranch Hand]], spraying an estimated {{convert|20|e6USgal|m3}} of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the [[Viet Cong]] of food and vegetation cover.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/28/2001329797/-1/-1/0/AFD-100928-054.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/28/2001329797/-1/-1/0/AFD-100928-054.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=dead |title=Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia 1961–1971 |first=William A. Jr. |last=Buckingham |publisher=Office of Air Force History |year=1982 |page=11}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Heron Road Bridge]] collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both [[Ottawa]] and [[Ontario]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; A day after murdering [[Sharon Tate]] and four others, members of [[Charles Manson]]'s cult kill [[Leno and Rosemary LaBianca]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Society for American Baseball Research]] is founded in [[Cooperstown, New York]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; In [[Yonkers, New York]], 24-year-old postal employee [[David Berkowitz]] ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a [[serial killer|series of killings]] in the New York City area over the period of one year.
*[[1978]] &ndash; Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the [[Ford Pinto]] [[Ford Pinto#Recall|litigation]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Murder of Adam Walsh]]: The head of [[John Walsh (television host)|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]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Japanese American internment]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signs the [[Civil Liberties Act of 1988]], providing $20,000 payments to [[Japanese Americans]] who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[Magellan (spacecraft)|Magellan space probe]] reaches [[Venus]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; Two [[List of earthquakes in New Zealand|earthquakes affect New Zealand]]. A 7.0 {{M|w}} shock (intensity VI (''Strong'')) in the [[South Island]] was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 {{M|w}} event (intensity VII (''Very strong'')) in the North Island.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Oklahoma City bombing]]: [[Timothy McVeigh]] and [[Terry Nichols]] are indicted for the bombing. [[Michael and Lori Fortier|Michael Fortier]] pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
*[[1997]] &ndash; Sixteen people are killed when [[Formosa Airlines Flight 7601]] crashes near [[Beigan Airport]] in the [[Matsu Islands]] of [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 228-212 B-12256 Matsu Airport (MFK)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970810-0|access-date=2020-06-11|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; HRH Prince [[Al-Muhtadee Billah]] is proclaimed the [[crown prince]] of [[Brunei]] with a Royal Proclamation.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting]].<ref>"Shooting suspect gives up White supremacist held in L.A. attack." ''[[The Florida Times-Union]]''. August 11, 1999. p. A-1</ref><ref>[http://apalc.org/iletoevent/iletomurder.php The Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218175134/http://apalc.org/iletoevent/iletomurder.php |date=December 18, 2005 }}</ref><ref name=hate1>"Joined Against Hate Crimes Families of Victims Speak Out About Gun Violence". ''Daily News''. August 11, 2004. p. N4</ref><ref name=CNN3>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/12/california.shooting.03//|date=August 12, 1999|title=L.A. shooting suspect charged with hate crimes |work=CNN}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[2001 Angola train attack]] occurred, causing 252 deaths.
*  2001   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: The [[Space Shuttle Discovery|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|title=STS-105|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-105.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-31|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011162657/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-105.html |archive-date=2006-10-11 }}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Okinawa Urban Monorail]] is opened in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; Twenty people are killed in [[Handlová]], [[Trenčín Region]], in the deadliest [[2009 Handlová mine blast|mining disaster]] in [[Slovakia]]'s history.
*[[2012]] &ndash; The [[Marikana killings|Marikana massacre]] begins near [[Rustenburg]], South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
*[[2014]] &ndash; Forty people are killed when [[Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915]] crashes at Tehran's [[Mehrabad International Airport]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Horizon Air]] employee Richard Russell [[2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident|hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff]] on a [[Horizon Air]] [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|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, Washington|Ketron Island]] in [[Puget Sound]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stewart|first=Ashley|date=August 10, 2018|title=Alaska Air Horizon plane crashes after being stolen by airline employee|work=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]]|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/08/10/horizon-jet-crashes-after-being-stolen-by-sea-tac.html|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; An [[2017–2019 Romanian protests#August 2018|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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45156598 | title=Romania protests: Thousands hold fresh rallies after clashes | work=BBC News | date=11 August 2018 }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as [[Typhoon Lekima (2019)|Typhoon Lekima]] makes landfall in [[Zhejiang]], China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{citation|website=Business Insider|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=Devastating photos show the damage of Typhoon Lekima, which left at least 32 people dead and forced 1 million to evacuate in China|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/typhoon-lekima-photos-china-evacuations-flight-cancellations-landslide-2019-8}}</ref>
*2019 &ndash; Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the [[Bærum mosque shooting]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hammer |first1=Anders |title=Terroristen Philip Manshaus' stemor advarer: – Ikke vent med å slå alarm |url=https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/terroristen-philip-manshaus_-stemor-advarer_-_-ikke-vent-med-a-sla-alarm-1.15538323 |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=NRK |date=24 June 2021 |language=nb}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[August 2020 Midwest derecho|Derecho]] in [[Iowa]] becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Henson|first=Bob|date=17 October 2020|title=Iowa derecho in August was most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/17/iowa-derecho-damage-cost/}}</ref> 
*[[2024]]  –  [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel]] strikes [[Al-Tabaeen school attack|Al-Tabaeen school]] in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-10-august-2024-f33867d7596ebb70c1cb3a77fd4437cc |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>