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Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Tuileries Palace, c. 1851~1870
Smithsonian castle
Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Magellan space probe
The French warship Cordelière and the English warship Regent ablaze at the Battle of Saint-Mathieu
The Vasa, today a museum ship
The Louvre palace (Richelieu wing)
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Independence Day in Ecuador (1809) | expansion |
| 991 – Inland-raiding Vikings defeated Byrhtnoth and the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Maldon in Essex, England. | refimprove |
| 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, today the basis of the prime meridian, was laid in Greenwich, London. | refimprove section |
| 1792 – French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace, effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814. | neutrality issues |
| 1821 – As per the conditions of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted into the United States as a slave state, despite the fact that most of its territory was north of the parallel 36°30′ north. | outdated |
| 1846 – The United States Congress established the Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex. | refimprove, expand sections |
| 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The first major confrontation between modern steel battleship fleets took place in the Battle of the Yellow Sea. | refimprove section |
| 1913 – Delegates of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece signed the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Second Balkan War. | one source |
| 1920 – Representatives of Sultan Mehmed VI signed the Treaty of Sèvres, recognizing the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. | unreferenced section |
| 2009 - Twenty people were killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. | Stubby |
Eligible
- 955 – Forces under Otto I were victorious at the Battle of Lechfeld near present-day Augsburg, Germany, holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe.
- 1270 – Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic dynasty that would last for more than 700 years.
- 1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa (salvaged wreck pictured) sank after sailing less than a nautical mile on her maiden voyage from Stockholm on her way to fight in the Thirty Years' War.
- 1755 – The first wave of the Expulsion of the Acadians from the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces by the British began with the Bay of Fundy Campaign at Chignecto.
- 1861 – American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, was fought.
- 1901 – The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers organized an ultimately unsuccessful strike to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members.
- 1981 – The severed head of kidnapped six-year-old Adam Walsh was found in a canal in Vero Beach, Florida, prompting his father John to become an advocate for victims' rights, helping to spur the formation of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
- 1988 – Japanese American internment: The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing US$20,000 in reparations to each surviving internee.
August 10: Feast Day of Saint Lawrence (Roman Catholic Church)
- 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: England and a combined Franco-Breton fleet engaged in the Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during which an explosion destroyed each navy's most powerful ship.
- 1793 – The Louvre (Louvre Pyramid pictured), today the world's most visited museum, officially opened in Paris with an exhibition of 537 paintings.
- 1864 – After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refused Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announced that the Brazilian military would begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
- 1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.
- 1990 – NASA's Magellan space probe reached Venus on a mission to map its surface, fifteen months after its launch.