Historical Events for 10th August 2026

[CoM Moderators]

1512 - Battle of Saint-Mathieu (also called the Battle of Brest): an English fleet of 25 ships commanded by Sir Edward Howard and a Franco-Breton fleet of 22 ships commanded by René de Clermont
1885 - Leo Daft opens America's first commercially operated electric streetcar in Baltimore
1893 - Rudolf Diesel's prototype internal combustion engine, a single 10-foot iron cylinder with a flywheel at its base, runs on its own power for the first time in Augsburg, Germany
1971 - During the internment round-up operation in West Belfast, the Parachute Regiment kills 11 unarmed civilians in what becomes known as the Ballymurphy Massacre
1985 - Uno Lindström of Sweden juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles (21.09 km)
1993 - Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont is crowned the 11th Miss Teen USA
1997 - Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to a then-record 5-year, $57.5 million deal
2019 - Monsoon flooding in southern and western India kills at least 150, with 40 dead in Kerala state and 100,000 in emergency relief camps

More Historical Events »