At present is Sunday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2025. There are 143 days left within the 12 months.
At present in historical past:
On Aug. 10, 2020, a robust derecho struck a number of Midwest U.S. states, inflicting 4 fatalities and an estimated $11 billion in harm, making it the most costly thunderstorm in trendy U.S. historical past.
Additionally on this date:
In 1792, throughout the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries (TWEE’-luh-reez) Palace, the place King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, placed on trial for treason, and executed.)
In 1821, Missouri grew to become the twenty fourth state admitted to the Union.
In 1945, a day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Imperial Japan conveyed its willingness to give up offered the standing of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged. (The Allies responded the following day, saying they’d decide the Emperor’s future standing.)
In 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca have been murdered of their Los Angeles house by members of Charles Manson’s cult, sooner or later after actor Sharon Tate and 4 different folks have been slain.
In 1977, postal worker David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being “Son of Sam,” the gunman who killed six folks and wounded seven others within the New York Metropolis space.
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a measure offering $20,000 funds to still-living Japanese-Individuals who have been interned by their authorities throughout World Battle II.
In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in because the second feminine justice on the U.S. Supreme Courtroom, serving till her loss of life in September 2020.
In 2006, British authorities introduced they’d thwarted a terrorist plot to concurrently blow up 10 plane heading to the U.S. utilizing liquid explosives made to appear like delicate drinks.
In 2018, Richard Russell, a 29-year-old airline floor agent, stole a business airplane from Sea-Tac Worldwide Airport close to Seattle; he flew for 75 minutes, performing harmful stunts whereas being chased by army jets earlier than crashing right into a distant island in Puget Sound, killing himself.
In 2019, Jeffrey Epstein, accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring and sexually abusing dozens of underage women, was discovered unresponsive in his cell at a New York Metropolis jail; he was later pronounced lifeless at a hospital. (The town’s medical expert dominated the loss of life a suicide by hanging.)
At present’s Birthdays:
- Actor James Reynolds is 79.
- Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 78.
- Nation musician Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio) is 76.
- Singer Patti Austin is 75.
- Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is 73.
- People singer-songwriter Sam Baker is 71.
- Actor Rosanna Arquette is 66.
- Actor Antonio Banderas is 65.
- Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 64.
- Singer Julia Fordham is 63.
- Actor Chris Caldovino is 62.
- Singer Neneh Cherry is 61.
- Singer Aaron Corridor is 61.
- Former boxer Riddick Bowe is 58.
- Actor Sean Blakemore is 58.
- R&B singer Lorraine Pearson (5 Star) is 58.
- Singer-producer Michael Bivins is 57.
- Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 54.
- Actor Angie Harmon is 53.
- Nation singer Jennifer Hanson is 52.
- Actor JoAnna Garcia Swisher is 46.
- Singer Cary Ann Hearst (Shovels & Rope) is 46.
- Actor Aaron Staton is 45.
- Actor Ryan Eggold is 41.
- Actor Lucas Until is 35.
- Actuality TV star Kylie Jenner is 28.
- Actor Jeremy Maguire is 14.
