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What happened in history on this day: August 10?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On August 10 in ...
- 1987 - Borland International announces the Quattro spreadsheet software for the IBM PC.
- 1989 - The first Macworld Expo is held, in Boston, Massachusettes. About 30,000 people attend.
- 1992 - The second annual Silicon Valley Personal Computer Design Conference is held, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.
- 1945 - The Donald Duck film Duck Pimples is released to theaters.
- 1951 - The Mickey Mouse film R'coon Dawg is released. Pluto also appears.
- 1960 - Disney releases the live-action short film The Hound That Thought He was a Raccoon to theaters. The film is based on the story Weecha the Raccoon by Rutherford Montgomery.
- 1960 - Buena Vista generally releases Disney's last True-Life Adventure film Jungle Cat to theaters.
- 1984 - Ray Watson calls a meeting with Stanley Gold, representatives of Bass Brothers Enterprises, and representatives of Roy Disney, to announce that he had decided to cancel the Gibson Greetings deal.
- 1989 - Disney releases the film Trains for educational use. The film is part of the "Goofy's Field Trips" series.
- 1994 - The Concourse Steak House restaurant opens in the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World. Formerly the Concourse Grill.
- 1959 - Production of 1959 model Corvettes ends.
- 1974 - In Talladega, Alabama, a 200-mile IMSA race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTO class and 1st overall is the John Greenwood Racing #48 Corvette driven by Milt Minter.
- Finishing 8th in GTO class and 8th overall is the Leldon Blackwell Racing #94 Corvette driven by Tony DeLorenzo.
- Finishing 10th in GTO class and 11th overall is the Larry Liebert #82 Corvette driven by Larry Liebert and Larry Voit.
- Finishing 12th in GTO class and 14th overall is the Garcia Racing #75 Corvette driven by Javier Garcia and George Garcia.
- Finishing 15th in GTO class and 19th overall is the Rick Hay #68 Corvette driven by Rick Hay.
- Finishing 18th in GTO class and 22nd overall is the Currin Racing #99 Corvette driven by Phil Currin.
- Finishing 23rd in GTO class and 28th overall is the #71 Corvette driven by Jim Ansley.
- Finishing 24th in GTO class and 29th overall is the #9 Corvette driven by Tony Ansley.
- 1980 - At the Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota, the CRC Chemicals Trans-Am Championship - Round 5 race is held.
- Finishing 2nd is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- Finishing 3rd is the Tephguard/Harry Mann #5 Corvette, driven by Andy Porterfield.
- Finishing 4th is the Jepsen Moving & Storage #60 Corvette, driven by John Brandt.
- Finishing 5th is the #99 Corvette, driven by Phil Currin.
- In 8th place, but not finishing the race, is the Apex Race Engineering #76 Corvette, driven by Paul DePirro.
- Finishing 10th is the #93 Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- Finishing 12th is the Clausie Racing #91 Corvette, driven by Steve Clausman.
- Finishing 16th is the Flying Tiger #32 Corvette, driven by Bard Boand.
- Finishing 20th is the Maple Leaf #69 Corvette, driven by Gary Pullyblank.
- Finishing 21st is the Rick Stark Enterprises #17 Corvette, driven by Rick Stark.
- Finishing 22nd is the Jay Kline Chevrolet #7 Corvette, driven by Steve Kline.
- In 23rd place, but not finishing the race, is the Forrest Racing #83 Corvette, driven by Herb Forrest.
- In 24th place, but not finishing the race, is the #41 Corvette, driven by Bill Craine.
- In 26th place, but not finishing the race, is the LSI Special #44 Corvette, driven by Jerry Hansen.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the Morgans Garage #61 Corvette, driven by Marcus Opie.
- In 28th place, but not finishing the race, is the #8 Corvette convertible, driven by Nick Engels.
- In 29th place, but not finishing the race, is the Corvette America #80 Corvette, driven by Kerry Hitt.
- In 31st place, but not finishing the race, is the Buist/Syfert #46 Corvette, driven by Jack Broomall.
- In 32nd place, but not finishing the race, is the #35 Corvette, driven by Larry Gross.
- In 34th place, but not finishing the race, is the Telesystems/Lancer Stores #88 Corvette, driven by Tuck Thomas.
- 1981 - The new Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is formally dedicated, and opened to the general public.
- 1991 - At the Mosport Park raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, a 24-hour Escort World Challenge Series race is held over two days.
- Finishing first is the No. 2 Powell Motorsports Corvette, driven by R.K. Smith, Ken Wilden, David Empringham, Richard Spenard, and Peter Cunningham.
- In second place is the No. 5 Bakeracing Corvette driven by Kat Teasdale, Bill Cooper, Boris Said, Peter Hanson, and Jim Minneker.
- In fourth place is the No. 97 Morrison Corvette driven by Andy Pilgrim, Ray Kong, Robin Buck, Ron Nelson, and Mark Hutchins.
- In fifth place is a second Powell Motorsports Corvette driven by Mark Wolocatiuk, Bill Gianetti, Doug Beatty, and Peter Cunningham.
- 1993 - The 1997 Corvette program begins Concept Alternatives Selection, in which virtually every part, procedure, and design layout is presented, defended, and decided on. The program provisionally passes, pending a two-week review of some components.
- 2001 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, the Grand American Rolex Series Bully Hill Vineyards 250 - Round 9 race is held.
- Finishing 1st in AGT class and 10th overall is the Comer Racing #84 Corvette, driven by Jack Willes.
- Finishing 2nd in AGT class and 11th overall is the Dick Greer Racing - Wendy's #82 Corvette, driven by John Finger and Dick Greer.
- Finishing 3rd in AGT class and 12th overall is the Team X-1R #09 Corvette, driven by Doug Goad and Craig Conway.
- Finishing 4th in AGT class and 26th overall is the ACP Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Kerry Hitt.
- 2002 - At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, in Lexington, Ohio, round 6 of the Grand-Am Cup series is held.
- Finishing 1st in GSI class and 1st overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- Finishing 8th in GSI class and 10th overall is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette, driven by Michael Weinberg and Stuart Hayner.
- Finishing 9th in GSI class and 25th overall is the Gilbert Racing #55 Corvette, driven by James McAndrew and David Brown.
- Finishing 10th in GSI class and 50th overall is the Planet Earth Motorsports #43 Corvette, driven by Joe Nonnamaker and Bill Pate.
- 1939 - Albert Forster, Gauleiter for Danzig and Nazi leader, addresses a crowd of 100,000 in Danzig: "The hour of liberation is at hand... our Motherland and our Führer, Adolf Hitler, are determined to support us.".
- 1939 - A trial blackout is ordered for London, England, in preparations for war.
- 1942 - The Operation Pedestal convoy begins at Gibraltar, as thirteen merchant ships and one oil tanker set sail for Malta, with 59 escort warships.
- 1943 - (evening) British bombers attack Nuremberg, Germany. Great damage is achieved at little cost.
- 1944 - American forces regain Guam from the Japanese.
- 1944 - In France, the German 85th Infantry Division arrives in Normandy.
- 1944 - American General George Patton, commander of the US 3rd Army in France, orders his 15 Corp north from Le Mans to Argentan.
- 1944 - At Hotel Maison Rouge in Strasbourg, Martin Bormann meets with top German business leaders and Nazi party officials to prepare for post-war commercial success, economic resurgence of Germany. Code name of the first phase of the plan is Operation Eagle Flight, involving the massive movement of money, technology, and specialists from Germany.
- 1944 - (evening) In France, the Canadian 8th Brigade attacks Quesnay Wood, but is not successful and withdraws. Canadian and Polish armored divisions halt their advance.
- 1945 - The Japanese government requests peace with the United States, but insists on retaining the Emperor.
- 1945 - Royal Canadian Navy cruiser HMCS Uganda returns to Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. Earlier, the crew voted 556 to 344 to not volunteer for duty in the Pacific, after Prime Minister William King said Canadians would serve in the Pacific only voluntarily.
- 1995 - Australia issues four postage stamps depicting famous Australians from World War II.
- 1995 - Australia issues three postage stamps marking the end of World War II.
- 2012 - Malta issues 88 postage stamps depicting the ships involved in Operation Pedestal 70 years ago.
- 1993 - Sega of America releases the Jurassic Park video game.
- 1994 - Square releases the Breath of Fire video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. In one scene, two characters on stairs jump over falling barrels, creating "100" point signs, and making the same jumping sound as Mario in the arcade game Donkey Kong.
- 2010 - Ubisoft releases the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2010 - EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 11 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 1387 - At a meeting in Lund by notables of Denmark, they declare Margareta regent of Denmark.
- 1628 - In Stockholm harbor, the Royal warship Vasa makes its maiden voyage. The 1400-ton armed galleon carries 64 bronze cannon on two decks, and has three masts with 13,000 m2 of canvas sails. Off the island of Beckholmen, a crosswind pushes the ship to one side, allowing water to pour in the open gunports. The ship is unable to right itself, and it soon sinks in 110 feet of water. About 50 die. The ship cost about 100,000 riksdaler to build.
- 1850 - An Act to amend the 1841 Currency Act receives royal assent, with the signature of Lord Elgin, Governor General of Canada. The Act sets the value of the American dollar in Canada at 5 shillings. The Act also gives Canada's Governor General the power to have silver coins struck for circulation in Canada, in denominations of 5 shillings, 2 shillings 6 pence, 2 shillings, 1 shilling 3 pence, 1 shilling, 6 pence, and 3 pence. These values correspond directly to American currency values of $1, 50c, 40c, 25c, 20c, 10c, and 5c. Gold coins are also provided for, in values of 10 shillings, 12 shillings 6 pence, 1 pound, and 1 pound 5 shillings. The Act is set to become law on January 1, 1851.
- 1999 - At the American Numismatic Association convention, a Canadian 1944 5-cent stuck in error on Tombac is sold at auction for $35,075.
- 1987 - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America launches its coin grading service.
- 1990 - (to August 11) Auction '90 is held in Chicago, Illinois. Total sales: $25.7 million. David W. Akers Inc. sells an 1894-S gold $5, MS-69 NGC, for $264,000, and an 1865 gold $20 "In God We Trust" for $440,000.
- 1743 - Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated.
- 1888 - New York Giants' pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19-game win streak record.
- 1900 - First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament (held in Massachusetts); US beats England.
- 1901 - Chicago White Sox player Frank Isbell strands a record 11 teammate base runners.
- 1907 - Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Peking to Paris, 7,500-mile auto rally.
- 1944 - Boston Braves' Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
- 1954 - Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins.
- 1977 - Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM.
- 1980 - Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship for fifth time.
- 1981 - The Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose passes Stan Musial as the all-time National League hit leader when he collects his 3,631st off Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Mark Littell.
- 1984 - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run.
- 1986 - New York Yankees celebrate Billy Martin Day at Yankee Stadium, and retire his uniform, number 1.
- 1991 - NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at age 53.
- 1994 - The 1994 Bambino World Series takes place in Henderson, Kentucky for the first time. Two years work of volunteers and funds led up to this event. It is played at Henderson's Park field with over 5,000 people in attendance.
- 2008 - At the Beijing Olympics, American swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 400-metre individual medley in a world-record 4:03.84. Stephanie Rice of Australia wins the women's 400-metre individual medley in a world record time of 4:29.45.
- 2008 - Ireland's Padraig Harrington wins the PGA Championship at Michigan's Oakland Hills, shooting a 277 total.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Minnesota Twins by score 8-5.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Colorado Rockies by score 9-5.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Houston Astros by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Chicago White Sox by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Detroit Tigers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Boston Red Sox by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Miami Marlins by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats San Francisco Giants by score 13-7.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats New York Yankees by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Oakland Athletics by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Washington Nationals by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Cincinnati Reds by score 10-2.
- 1960 - Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned first object from space.
- 1966 - First lunar orbiter launched by US.
- 1966 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.
- 1987 - Flight Readiness Firing of Space Shuttle Discovery's main engines is successful.
- 1990 - American Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus.
- 1856 - Hurricane washes away 200-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana, USA.
- 1980 - Allen, the most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas.
- 2003 - The United Kingdom reaches a record-high temperature, the first time breaking 38.5 degrees C (101.3 degrees Fahrenheit), at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent.
- 2018 - (to August 20) Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.
- 2019 - 32 are killed and 1,000,000 evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China.
- 1790 - Robert Gray's Columbia ship completes first American voyage around the world.
- 1821 - Missouri admitted as 24th US state.
- 1827 - Race riots in Cincinnati, Ohio (1,000 blacks leave for Canada).
- 1833 - Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 in Illinois.
- 1835 - Mob of whites and oxen pull black school to a swamp out of Canaan, New Hampshire.
- 1846 - US President James Polk signs legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution.
- 1856 - Hurricane washes away 200-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana, USA.
- 1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, USA.
- 1866 - Former US President James Buchanan is first to communicate over Atlantic Cable, to Queen Victoria.
- 1884 - In New York City, New York, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs. The total felt area is estimated at 181,000 square kilometres.
- 1885 - Leo Daft opens America's first commercially-operated electric streetcar (Baltimore, Maryland).
- 1887 - Excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois, USA.
- 1893 - Chinese are deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act.
- 1914 - Charles S. Hamlin begins tenure as first Federal Reserve Board chairman.
- 1921 - Franklin Roosevelt is stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Island of Campobello.
- 1927 - US President Calvin Coolidge formally dedicates the Mount Rushmore site.
- 1932 - In Archie, Missouri, USA a falling meteoroid strikes a homestead; no injuries.
- 1938 - 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record).
- 1944 - Race riots in Athens, Alabama, USA.
- 1945 - The Japanese government requests peace with the United States, but insists on retaining the Emperor.
- 1948 - The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York).
- 1949 - American National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense.
- 1960 - Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned first object from space.
- 1966 - First lunar orbiter launched by US.
- 1966 - US Treasury Department announces it will print no more $2 notes.
- 1966 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.
- 1972 - An asteroid 2-10m in diameter enters Earth's atmosphere over Utah, USA, and exits 100 seconds later over Alberta, Canada.
- 1975 - David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview US President Richard Nixon.
- 1977 - Postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer.
- 1980 - Allen, the most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas.
- 1987 - Flight Readiness Firing of Space Shuttle Discovery's main engines is successful.
- 1990 - American Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus.
- 1999 - Buford O. Furrow, Junior wounds five and kills one in the Los Angeles, California, Jewish Community Center.
- 2001 - The USS Mississinewa oil tanker, sunk in the Ulithi Atoll lagoon in 1944, begins leaking 1100-1900 litres per hour in Micronesia.
- 2007 - The US Federal Reserve announces it would lend banks as much cash as necessary to keep money markets operating smoothly.
- 2010 - At the end of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, 60 million Americans caught it, 273,000 were hospitalized, and 12,400 died.
- 2010 - A 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3T float plane crashes near a remote fishing village in Alaska, killing former U.S. Republican senator Ted Stevens at age 86 and four others.
Other history:
- 1833 - Chicago is incorporated as a village of about 200.
- 1966 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.
- 1985 - Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle song) for $47 million.
- 2006 - London Metropolitan Police make 21 arrests in connection to an apparent terrorist plot that involved aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. Liquids and gels are banned from checked and carry-on baggage.
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