435 Historic Events for August 10
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
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| 1929 |
Death |
Aletta Henri‰tte Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75
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| 1929 |
Birth |
John Alldis, composer/conductor
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| 1929 |
Event |
Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win
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| 1930 |
Death |
William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Saeedi Sirjani, poet
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Barry Unsworth, novelist (Pascali's Island)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Alexander Goehr, composer
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| 1932 |
Death |
Slang, writer, dies
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Alan Hardcastle, chairman (Lloyds Regulatory Board)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice
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| 1933 |
Birth |
David Rowland, chairman (Lloyd's)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Bill Nieder, shot putter, (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
James Carl Tenney, composer
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| 1934 |
Death |
John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73
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| 1934 |
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Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Jerrie Anthony Hulme, British major-general
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Lord Stewartby
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Cura‡ao
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| 1936 |
Event |
114øF (46øC) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)
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| 1936 |
Event |
120øF (49øC) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Lucinda Williams, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1938 |
Death |
Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
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