August 10
People born on this day are Leo.
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HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
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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.
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The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
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Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
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The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
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Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.
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Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
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Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.
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2000Sophia Smith, American soccer player
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2000Jüri Vips, Estonian racing driver
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1999Ja Morant, American basketball player
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1999Ritomo Miyata, Japanese racing driver
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1999Nick Suzuki, Canadian ice hockey player
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1997Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman
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1997Luca Marini, Italian motorcycle rider
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1995Dalvin Cook, American football player
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1994Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
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1993Andre Drummond, American basketball player
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1992Archie Bradley, American baseball player
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1992Michelle Khare, American YouTuber and television host
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