Today in History for 10th August 2026

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Historical Events

1566 - Protestant Iconoclasm "Beeldenstorm" (Iconoclastic Fury) begins in the European Low Countries
1897 - Automobile Club of Great Britain is established (now called the Royal Automobile Club)
1980 - Canadian Open Women's Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Richelieu Valley GC: Pat Bradley wins by one from JoAnn Carner for her first of six major titles
1984 - Ian Ferguson of New Zealand wins two canoeing gold medals in the one day, winning the K-1 500 and K-2 500 with Paul MacDonald at the Los Angeles Olympics; he wins K-4 1000 the next day
2014 - Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to a 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt

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Famous Birthdays

1645 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary and explorer in Mexico and Arizona, born in Segno, Bishopric of Trent (d. 1711)
1654 - Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch philosopher and physician, born in West-Graftdijk, North Holland (d. 1718)
1794 - Leopold Zunz, German Jewish scholar (Science of Judaism), born in Detmold (d. 1886)
1893 - Douglas Moore, American organist, pianist, songwriter ("Goodnight Harvard"), and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Giants in the Earth; The Ballad of Baby Doe), born in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York (d. 1969)
1957 - Fred Ho [Houn], American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer (Year of the Tiger), playwright, writer and social activist, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2014)

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Famous Deaths

1911 - Carl Lumbye, Danish composer, dies at 70
1948 - Andrew Brown, Scottish football coach (b. 1870)
1960 - Oswald Veblin, mathematician
1976 - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, American actor (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
1987 - Raquel Torres, actress (Duck Soup, Sea Bat), dies

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