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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10th of August 0610 | EVENT | Laylat al-Qadr: Muhammad begins to receive the Qur'an (traditional date). |
| 10th of August 0955 | EVENT | Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. |
| 10th of August 0991 | EVENT | Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. |
| 10th of August 1270 | EVENT | Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum. |
| 10th of August 1316 | EVENT | The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland. |
| 10th of August 1519 | EVENT | Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines. |
| 10th of August 1557 | EVENT | Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars. |
| 10th of August 1628 | EVENT | The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage. |
| 10th of August 1675 | EVENT | The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid. |
| 10th of August 1680 | EVENT | The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico. |
| 10th of August 1776 | EVENT | American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. |
| 10th of August 1792 | EVENT | French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace : Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody. |
| 10th of August 1793 | EVENT | The Musee du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France. |
| 10th of August 1809 | EVENT | Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810. |
| 10th of August 1813 | EVENT | Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot Jose Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things". |
| 10th of August 1821 | EVENT | Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state. |
| 10th of August 1846 | EVENT | The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000. |
| 10th of August 1861 | EVENT | American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek : the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state. |
| 10th of August 1901 | EVENT | The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins. |
| 10th of August 1904 | EVENT | Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place. |
| 10th of August 1905 | EVENT | Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
| 10th of August 1913 | EVENT | Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. |
| 10th of August 1920 | EVENT | World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sevres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. |
| 10th of August 1932 | EVENT | A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. |
| 10th of August 1944 | EVENT | World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam. |
| 10th of August 1948 | EVENT | Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone. |
| 10th of August 1949 | EVENT | U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense. |
| 10th of August 1954 | EVENT | At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. |
| 10th of August 1969 | EVENT | A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. |
| 10th of August 1971 | EVENT | The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. |
| 10th of August 1977 | EVENT | In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year. |
| 10th of August 1978 | EVENT | Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. |
| 10th of August 1981 | EVENT | Murder of Adam Walsh: the head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted. |
| 10th of August 1988 | EVENT | Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II. |
| 10th of August 1990 | EVENT | More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops. |
| 10th of August 1990 | EVENT | The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. |
| 10th of August 1993 | EVENT | An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand. |
| 10th of August 1995 | EVENT | Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony. |
| 10th of August 1998 | EVENT | HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation. |
| 10th of August 2003 | EVENT | The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom : 38.5 ?C (101.3 ?F) in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 ?F (38 ?C). |
| 10th of August 2003 | EVENT | Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space. |
| 10th of August 2006 | EVENT | Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. |
| 10th of August 2009 | EVENT | Twenty people are killed in Handlova, Trencin Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. |
| 10th of August 1267 | BIRTHDAY | King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) |
| 10th of August 1296 | BIRTHDAY | King John of Bohemia (d. 1346) |
| 10th of August 1360 | BIRTHDAY | Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) |
| 10th of August 1397 | BIRTHDAY | Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439) |
| 10th of August 1489 | BIRTHDAY | Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) |
| 10th of August 1520 | BIRTHDAY | Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of the Scots, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) |
| 10th of August 1560 | BIRTHDAY | Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629) |
| 10th of August 1602 | BIRTHDAY | Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675) |
| 10th of August 1645 | BIRTHDAY | Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711) |
| 10th of August 1737 | BIRTHDAY | Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773) |
| 10th of August 1744 | BIRTHDAY | Alexandrine Le Normant d'Etiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754) |
| 10th of August 1809 | BIRTHDAY | John Kirk Townsend, American naturalist (d. 1851) |
| 10th of August 1810 | BIRTHDAY | Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, Italian diplomat and politician (d. 1861) |
| 10th of August 1814 | BIRTHDAY | Henri Nestle, Swiss industrialist (d. 1890) |
| 10th of August 1821 | BIRTHDAY | Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905) |
| 10th of August 1823 | BIRTHDAY | Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher (d. 1886) |
| 10th of August 1827 | BIRTHDAY | Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician (d. 1870) |
| 10th of August 1839 | BIRTHDAY | Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896) |
| 10th of August 1845 | BIRTHDAY | Abay Qunanbayuli, Kazakh poet (d. 1904) |
| 10th of August 1856 | BIRTHDAY | William Willett, English daylight saving time advocate (d. 1915) |
| 10th of August 1860 | BIRTHDAY | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musicologist (d. 1936) |
| 10th of August 1865 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936) |
| 10th of August 1869 | BIRTHDAY | Laurence Binyon, British poet (d. 1943) |
| 10th of August 1872 | BIRTHDAY | Bill Johnson, American double-bassist (d. 1972) |
| 10th of August 1874 | BIRTHDAY | Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964) |
| 10th of August 1877 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944) |
| 10th of August 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Alfred Doblin, German writer (d. 1957) |
| 10th of August 1880 | BIRTHDAY | Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician (d. 1964) |
| 10th of August 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (d. 1935) |
| 10th of August 1889 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Darrow, American board game creator (Monopoly) (d. 1967) |
| 10th of August 1890 | BIRTHDAY | Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician (d. 1954) |
| 10th of August 1894 | BIRTHDAY | V. V. Giri, Indian politician (d. 1980) |
| 10th of August 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (d. 1969) |
| 10th of August 1897 | BIRTHDAY | John W. Galbreath, American businessman (d. 1988) |
| 10th of August 1898 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Haley, American actor (d. 1979) |
| 10th of August 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand politician and sprinter (d. 1994) |
| 10th of August 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983) |
| 10th of August 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Curt Siodmak, German-born English novelist and screenwriter (d. 2000) |
| 10th of August 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971) |
| 10th of August 1903 | BIRTHDAY | Ward Moore, American novelist (d. 1978) |
| 10th of August 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986) |
| 10th of August 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Su Yu, Chinese Communist military leader (d. 1984) |
| 10th of August 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Rica Erickson, Australian naturalist and botanic (d. 2009) |
| 10th of August 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977) |
| 10th of August 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991) |
| 10th of August 1911 | BIRTHDAY | A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (d. 1993) |
| 10th of August 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001) |
| 10th of August 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1993) |
| 10th of August 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. 1994) |
| 10th of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973) |
| 10th of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Jeff Corey, American actor (d. 2002) |
| 10th of August 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001) |
| 10th of August 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Red Holzman, American basketball coach (d. 1998) |
| 10th of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Rhonda Fleming, American actress |
| 10th of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Fred Ridgway, English cricketer |
| 10th of August 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Martha Hyer, American actress |
| 10th of August 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Nancy Buckingham, British romance novelist |
| 10th of August 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988) |
| 10th of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman (d. 2010) |
| 10th of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie Fisher, American singer (d. 2010) |
| 10th of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor (d. 2010) |
| 10th of August 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal and Archbishop of Manila |
| 10th of August 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Rocky Colavito, American baseball player |
| 10th of August 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Doyle Brunson, American poker player |
| 10th of August 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth) (d. 2005) |
| 10th of August 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician |
| 10th of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Kate O'Mara, British actress |
| 10th of August 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Sid Waddell, English darts commentator |
| 10th of August 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Bobby Hatfield, American singer (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003) |
| 10th of August 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer |
| 10th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005) |
| 10th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer |
| 10th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Louise Forestier, French-Canadian singer, songwriter and actress |
| 10th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricketer |
| 10th of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Ronnie Spector, American singer (The Ronettes) |
| 10th of August 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Harriet Miers, American lawyer and White House Counsel |
| 10th of August 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Spurr, American Indian tribal chair (d. 2010) |
| 10th of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Ian Anderson, Scottish singer and flutist (Jethro Tull) |
| 10th of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia |
| 10th of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Ward, English cricketer |
| 10th of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Patti Austin, American singer |
| 10th of August 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Remy Girard, Canadian actor |
| 10th of August 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor |
| 10th of August 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Diane Venora, American actress |
| 10th of August 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer |
| 10th of August 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Endrulat, German footballer |
| 10th of August 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Mel Tiangco, Filipina television personality and broadcast journalist |
| 10th of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Robbins, American actor |
| 10th of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Fred Ottman, American wrestler |
| 10th of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Charlie Peacock, American record producer, singer-songwriter |
| 10th of August 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Richards, English cricketer |
| 10th of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Florent Vollant, Innu-Canadian singer-songwriter (Kashtin) |
| 10th of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Rosanna Arquette, American actress |
| 10th of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor |
| 10th of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Kenny Perry, American golfer |
| 10th of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress |
| 10th of August 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Jon Farriss, Australian drummer (INXS) |
| 10th of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Andrew Sullivan, English-born American journalist |
| 10th of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit (d. 2001) |
| 10th of August 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Hall, American songwriter |
| 10th of August 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Claudia Christian, American actress |
| 10th of August 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Mike E. Smith, American jockey |
| 10th of August 1965 | BIRTHDAY | John Starks, American basketball player |
| 10th of August 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Hansi Kursch, German singer |
| 10th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer |
| 10th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Gus Johnson, American sportscaster |
| 10th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Riddick Bowe, American boxer |
| 10th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor |
| 10th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer |
| 10th of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Lorraine Pearson, British singer (Five Star) |
| 10th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 10th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Pete Docter, American film director |
| 10th of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe) |
| 10th of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Emily Symons, Australian actress |
| 10th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player |
| 10th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Mautone, Australian footballer |
| 10th of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Brendon Julian, Australian cricketer |
| 10th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Roy Keane, Irish footballer |
| 10th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Justin Theroux, American actor |
| 10th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Mario Kindelan, Cuban boxer |
| 10th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Sal Fasano, American baseball player |
| 10th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Stephan Groth, Danish-born Norwegian vocalist (Apoptygma Berzerk |
| 10th of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist |
| 10th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby union footballer |
| 10th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Angie Harmon, American model and actress |
| 10th of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Christofer Johnsson, Swedish guitarist and vocalist (Therion) |
| 10th of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Lisa Raymond, American tennis player |
| 10th of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer |
| 10th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Rachel Simmons, American feminist and author |
| 10th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | David Sommeil, French footballer |
| 10th of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Luis Marin, Costa Rican footballer |
| 10th of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Ilhan Mans?z, Turkish footballer |
| 10th of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Depoli, American wrestler |
| 10th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer |
| 10th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Kamin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Calling) |
| 10th of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Morgan, British comedian |
| 10th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer |
| 10th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Chris Read, English cricketer |
| 10th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Claire Yiu, Hong Kong actress |
| 10th of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Marcus Fizer, American basketball player |
| 10th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver |
| 10th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer |
| 10th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author |
| 10th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Brandon Lyon, American baseball player |
| 10th of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Joanna Garcia, American actress |
| 10th of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Stu Bennett, English wrestler |
| 10th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer |
| 10th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Malek Mouath,Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 10th of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player |
| 10th of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Josh Anderson, American baseball player |
| 10th of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Devon Aoki, American model and actress |
| 10th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player |
| 10th of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 10th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer |
| 10th of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer |
| 10th of August 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Torain, American football player |
| 10th of August 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Gianluca Nicco, Italian footballer |
| 10th of August 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer |
| 10th of August 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 10th of August 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Lucas Till, American actor |
| 10th of August 1992 | BIRTHDAY | Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress |
| 10th of August 1993 | BIRTHDAY | Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor and singer |
| 10th of August 0258 | DEATH | Lawrence of Rome (Saint Lawrence), Spanish-born deacon of Rome (martyred) (Born 225) |
| 10th of August 1535 | DEATH | Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (Born 1509) |
| 10th of August 1637 | DEATH | Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (Born 1582) |
| 10th of August 1653 | DEATH | Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (Born 1598) |
| 10th of August 1655 | DEATH | Alfonso de la Cueva, marques de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (Born 1572) |
| 10th of August 1723 | DEATH | Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (Born 1656) |
| 10th of August 1759 | DEATH | King Ferdinand VI of Spain (Born 1713) |
| 10th of August 1784 | DEATH | Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (Born 1713) |
| 10th of August 1802 | DEATH | Franz Aepinus, German natural philosopher (Born 1724) |
| 10th of August 1806 | DEATH | Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (Born 1737) |
| 10th of August 1839 | DEATH | John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (Born 1758) |
| 10th of August 1862 | DEATH | Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (Born 1829) |
| 10th of August 1875 | DEATH | Karl Andree, German geographer (Born 1808) |
| 10th of August 1896 | DEATH | Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (Born 1848) |
| 10th of August 1915 | DEATH | Henry Moseley, English physicist (Born 1887) |
| 10th of August 1918 | DEATH | Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace (Born 1897) |
| 10th of August 1920 | DEATH | Adam Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician (Born 1835) |
| 10th of August 1928 | DEATH | Rex Cherryman, American actor (Born 1897) |
| 10th of August 1929 | DEATH | Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (Born 1878) |
| 10th of August 1932 | DEATH | Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog, the first famous dog of that name (Born 1918) |
| 10th of August 1945 | DEATH | Robert H. Goddard, American rocket scientist (Born 1882) |
| 10th of August 1948 | DEATH | Andrew Brown, Scottish football coach (Born 1870) |
| 10th of August 1948 | DEATH | Montague Summers, English writer (Born 1880) |
| 10th of August 1948 | DEATH | Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (Born 1873) |
| 10th of August 1958 | DEATH | Frank Demaree, American baseball player (Born 1910) |
| 10th of August 1963 | DEATH | Estes Kefauver, American politician (Born 1903) |
| 10th of August 1963 | DEATH | Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (Born 1877) |
| 10th of August 1969 | DEATH | Leno LaBianca, American businessman (Born 1925) |
| 10th of August 1969 | DEATH | Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (Born 1930) |
| 10th of August 1976 | DEATH | Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (Born 1894) |
| 10th of August 1979 | DEATH | Walter Gerlach, German physicist (Born 1889) |
| 10th of August 1979 | DEATH | Dick Foran, American actor (Born 1910) |
| 10th of August 1980 | DEATH | Yahya Khan, Pakistani politician (Born 1917) |
| 10th of August 1982 | DEATH | Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian writer and poet (Born 1962) |
| 10th of August 1986 | DEATH | Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (Born 1951) |
| 10th of August 1987 | DEATH | Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, the 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (Born 1893) |
| 10th of August 1993 | DEATH | Euronymous (?ystein Aarseth), Norwegian guitarist (Mayhem) (Born 1968) |
| 10th of August 1997 | DEATH | Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (Born 1912) |
| 10th of August 1997 | DEATH | Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (Born 1953) |
| 10th of August 1999 | DEATH | Pandit Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian Sanskrit scholar (Born 1899) |
| 10th of August 2000 | DEATH | Gilbert Parkhouse, English cricketer (Born 1925) |
| 10th of August 2001 | DEATH | Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (Born 1917) |
| 10th of August 2002 | DEATH | Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (Born 1926) |
| 10th of August 2002 | DEATH | Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (Born 1962) |
| 10th of August 2003 | DEATH | Carmita Jimenez, Puerto Rican singer (Born c. 1944) |
| 10th of August 2007 | DEATH | Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American military pilot and civil rights activist (Born 1925) |
| 10th of August 2007 | DEATH | James E. Faust, American religious figure (Born 1920) |
| 10th of August 2007 | DEATH | Tony Wilson, British music personality and broadcaster (Born 1950) |
| 10th of August 2007 | DEATH | Chris Reyka, American law enforcement official (Born 1956) |
| 10th of August 2008 | DEATH | Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and actor (Born 1942) |
| 10th of August 2010 | DEATH | Adam Stansfield, Professional footballer who played for Exeter City F.C. (Born 1978) |