At this time is Sunday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2025. There are 143 days left within the 12 months.
At this time in historical past:
On Aug. 10, 2020, a strong derecho struck a number of Midwest U.S. states, inflicting 4 fatalities and an estimated $11 billion in injury, making it the most costly thunderstorm in trendy U.S. historical past.
Additionally on this date:
In 1792, through 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 turned 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 subsequent day, saying they’d decide the Emperor’s future standing.)
In 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca had been murdered of their Los Angeles dwelling by members of Charles Manson’s cult, someday after actor Sharon Tate and 4 different individuals had 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 individuals 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-People who had been interned by their authorities throughout World Struggle II.
In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in because the second feminine justice on the U.S. Supreme Court docket, serving till her dying 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 to be comfortable drinks.
In 2018, Richard Russell, a 29-year-old airline floor agent, stole a industrial 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 useless at a hospital. (Town’s medical expert dominated the dying a suicide by hanging.)
At this time’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.
- Folks 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.