A birthday on the globe
10 August on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born
For 10 August, the English Wikipedia lists 67 events and 270 births. 42 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; seven more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.
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The Earth on 10 August
The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in August 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.
On 10 August the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 15.5° north. In London, the day lasts about 14 hours 55 minutes.
Beyond 74° north the Sun no longer sets; beyond 74° south it no longer rises.
The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.
Europe · Vasvár
1664
The Habsburg empire and the Ottoman empire sign the peace treaty of Vasvár, which results in peace until 1683.
On the map: Vasvár.
Europe · Louvre
1793
The Louvre in Paris, today the world's most-visited museum, opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 objets d'art.
On the map: Louvre.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Romanian.
Europe · Potsdam
1945
The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."
On the map: Potsdam.
Asia · Naha
2003
The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
On the map: Naha.
North America · Massena, New York
1954
At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
On the map: Massena, New York.
North America · Cooperstown, New York
1971
The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
On the map: Cooperstown, New York.
10 August
What the other Wikipedias remember#
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Romanian and Spanish and were translated for this page.
From Wikipedia in Romanian · Royal Observatory
1675
The "Royal Observatory, Greenwich" is founded. In 1948 the observatory is moved to Herstmonceux Castle (Sussex). The old observatory building, built by Wren, has survived to the present day and is surrounded by a park in the centre of London.
On the map: Royal Observatory.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Romanian.
The article on Wikipedia in Romanian: Observatorul Regal din Greenwich
From Wikipedia in Spanish · Louvre Museum
1932
In the Louvre Museum (Paris), Millet's painting The Angelus is found slashed.
On the map: Louvre Museum.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · Bilbao
1941
In Bilbao, the first trade fair opens.
On the map: Bilbao.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
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Born on 10 August#
The English Wikipedia lists 270 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 60 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.
Born on 10 August
1960
Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer
Place of birth: Málaga.
Born on 10 August
1912
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001)
Place of birth: Itabuna.
Born on 10 August
1997
Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman
Place of birth: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Born on 10 August
1973
Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
Place of birth: Buenos Aires.
Born on 10 August
1913
Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
Place of birth: Lorenzkirch.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1971
Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
Place of birth: Cork.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1947
Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Place of birth: Dunfermline.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1982
Shaun Murphy, English snooker player
Place of birth: Harlow.
10 August
Number one in the charts that week
At the cinema
An animal recorded that day
The record can be seen in GBIF, which brings together wildlife records from around the world.
All your birthdays
The weather that day
Data: Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCET); NOAA (GHCN-Daily, Mauna Loa).
Above the Earth
Sources: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (launches); GFZ Potsdam (Kp index). Days are counted in Universal Time.
Football that day
International matches played that day:
Source: the “International football results” dataset kept by Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
Also that day
The earthquake’s page at the USGS
Source: the USGS catalogue. The day is counted in Universal Time (UTC).
In those days
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Below: 10 August through the years.
The whole globe of the day
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Everything Wikipedia lists for 10 August
The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 18 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.
- 654
Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Pope Eugene I - 955
Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
Europe · Battle of LechfeldWikipedia: Battle of Lechfeld - 991
Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.
Britain & Ireland · Battle of MaldonWikipedia: Battle of Maldon - 1030
The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.
Asia · Battle of AzazWikipedia: Battle of Azaz - 1258
Manfred, illegitimate son of Frederick II, is crowned king of Sicily.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - 1270
Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
Africa · Ethiopian EmpireWikipedia: Yekuno Amlak - 1316
The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
Britain & Ireland · Second Battle of AthenryWikipedia: Second Battle of Athenry - 1346
Jaume Ferrer sets out from Mallorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River.
Europe · MallorcaWikipedia: Jaume Ferrer - 1512
The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
Europe · Battle of Saint-MathieuWikipedia: Battle of Saint-Mathieu - 1519
Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
Europe · SevilleWikipedia: Seville - 1557
Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
Europe · Battle of St. QuentinWikipedia: Battle of St. Quentin - 1585
The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
North America · Sans PareilWikipedia: Treaty of Nonsuch - 1628
The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm.
Europe · StockholmWikipedia: Vasa - 1641
The Treaty of London between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars, is signed.
Britain & Ireland · LondonWikipedia: Treaty of London - 1664
The Habsburg empire and the Ottoman empire sign the peace treaty of Vasvár, which results in peace until 1683.
Europe · VasvárWikipedia: Peace of Vasvár - 1680
The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
North America · New MexicoWikipedia: Pueblo Revolt - 1741
King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
Asia · Battle of ColachelWikipedia: Battle of Colachel - 1755
Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies and France.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Expulsion of the Acadians - 1792
French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
Europe · Insurrection of 10 August 1792Wikipedia: French Revolution - 1793
The Louvre in Paris, today the world's most-visited museum, opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 objets d'art.
Europe · LouvreWikipedia: Louvre - 1808
Finnish War: Swedish forces led by General von Döbeln defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the Battle of Kauhajoki.
Europe · Battle of KauhajokiWikipedia: Battle of Kauhajoki - 1835
P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid.
no place on the mapWikipedia: P. T. Barnum - 1844
From measurements of its motion, German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel deduced that Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, had an unseen companion.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel - 1856
The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
North America · LouisianaWikipedia: 1856 Last Island hurricane - 1861
American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of Missouri.
North America · Battle of Wilson's CreekWikipedia: American Civil War - 1864
After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
no place on the mapWikipedia: National Party - 1901
The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
no place on the mapWikipedia: U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901 - 1904
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
Asia · Battle of the Yellow SeaWikipedia: Battle of the Yellow Sea - 1905
Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
North America · Portsmouth, New HampshireWikipedia: Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 1913
Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
Europe · Treaty of BucharestWikipedia: Treaty of Bucharest - 1920
World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
Europe · SèvresWikipedia: World War I - 1937
Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Spanish Civil War - 1944
World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.
Oceania · Battle of GuamWikipedia: Battle of Guam - 1944
World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.
Europe · Battle of NarvaWikipedia: Battle of Narva - 1945
The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."
Europe · PotsdamWikipedia: Potsdam Declaration - 1948
Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Candid Camera - 1949
An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
no place on the mapWikipedia: National Security Act of 1947 - 1953
First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
Asia · VietnamWikipedia: First Indochina War - 1954
At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
North America · Massena, New YorkWikipedia: Massena, New York - 1961
Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Vietnam War - 1966
The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
North America · Heron Road Workers Memorial BridgeWikipedia: Ottawa - 1969
A day after murdering actress Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
North America · Tate–LaBianca murdersWikipedia: Tate–LaBianca murders - 1971
The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
North America · Cooperstown, New YorkWikipedia: Society for American Baseball Research - 1977
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.
North America · Yonkers, New YorkWikipedia: Yonkers, New York - 1978
Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Ford Pinto - 1981
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 and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Murder of Adam Walsh - 1988
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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Internment of Japanese Americans - 1990
The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Magellan - 1993
Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
Oceania · South IslandWikipedia: List of earthquakes in New Zealand - 1995
Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
North America · Oklahoma City bombingWikipedia: Oklahoma City bombing - 1997
Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
Asia · Formosa Airlines Flight 7601Wikipedia: Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 - 1998
HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
Asia · BruneiWikipedia: Al-Muhtadee Billah - 1999
One person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
North America · 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shootingWikipedia: 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting - 2001
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Space Shuttle program - 2001
The 2001 Angola train attack occurs, causing 252 deaths.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 2001 Angola train attack - 2003
The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
Asia · NahaWikipedia: Okinawa Urban Monorail - 2007
Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the Queen's Pier, the Hong Kong High Court dismissed legal attempts to preserve the landmark.
Asia · Queen's PierWikipedia: Queen's Pier - 2009
Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
Europe · 2009 Handlová mine blastWikipedia: 2009 Handlová mine blast - 2012
The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
Africa · Marikana massacreWikipedia: Marikana massacre - 2014
Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.
Asia · Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915Wikipedia: Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 - 2018
An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents.
Europe · Victoria PalaceWikipedia: 2017–2019 Romanian protests - 2018
Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound.
North America · 2018 Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 incidentWikipedia: 2018 Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 incident - 2019
Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.
North America · Death of Jeffrey EpsteinWikipedia: Death of Jeffrey Epstein - 2019
Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.
Europe · 2019 Bærum murder and mosque attackWikipedia: 2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack - 2019
Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Typhoon Lekima - 2020
Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
North America · IowaWikipedia: 2020 Midwest derecho - 2024
Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.
Asia · Al-Tabaeen school attackWikipedia: Al-Tabaeen school attack
What the other Wikipedias remember
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Romanian and Spanish and were translated for this page.
- 1675
The "Royal Observatory, Greenwich" is founded. In 1948 the observatory is moved to Herstmonceux Castle (Sussex). The old observatory building, built by Wren, has survived to the present day and is surrounded by a park in the centre of London.
Britain & Ireland · Royal ObservatoryTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in RomanianWikipedia: Observatorul Regal din Greenwich - 1932
In the Louvre Museum (Paris), Millet's painting The Angelus is found slashed.
- 1941
In Bilbao, the first trade fair opens.
Who was born on 10 August
In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 270 are shown.
- 1874
Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964)
Herbert Hoover National Historic SiteWikipedia: Herbert Hoover - 1951
Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia
- 1960
Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer
- 1810
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861)
- 1912
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001)
ItabunaWikipedia: Jorge Amado - 1997
Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterWikipedia: Kylie Jenner - 1973
Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
Buenos AiresWikipedia: Javier Zanetti - 1913
Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
LorenzkirchWikipedia: Wolfgang Paul - 1947
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Cherok Tok KunWikipedia: Anwar Ibrahim - 1962
Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter
HartfordWikipedia: Suzanne Collins - 1902
Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died 1983)
MontrealWikipedia: Norma Shearer - 1845
Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1904)
JidebaiWikipedia: Abai Qunanbaiuly - 1902
Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
StockholmWikipedia: Arne Tiselius - 1894
V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980)
BrahmapurWikipedia: V. V. Giri - 1924
Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (died 1998)
VersaillesWikipedia: Jean-François Lyotard - 1971
Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
- 1994
Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
- 1959
Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer
New York CityWikipedia: Rosanna Arquette - 1878
Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957)
SzczecinWikipedia: Alfred Döblin - 1865
Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936)
Saint PetersburgWikipedia: Alexander Glazunov - 1874
Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania (died 1944)
UžulėnisWikipedia: Antanas Smetona - 1296
John of Bohemia (died 1346)
LuxembourgWikipedia: John of Bohemia - 1975
İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer and figure skater
KemptenWikipedia: İlhan Mansız - 1397
Albert II of Germany (died 1439)
- 1963
Phoolan Devi, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2001)
Jalaun districtWikipedia: Phoolan Devi - 1782
Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico (died 1831)
Tixtla de GuerreroWikipedia: Vicente Guerrero - 1267
James II of Aragon (died 1327)
ValenciaWikipedia: James II of Aragon - 1937
Anatoly Sobchak, Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (died 2000)
- 1947
Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
DunfermlineWikipedia: Ian Anderson - 1909
Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (died 1991)
AnaheimWikipedia: Leo Fender - 1971
Justin Theroux, American actor
Washington, D.C.Wikipedia: Justin Theroux - 1877
Frank Marshall, American chess player and author (died 1944)
New York CityWikipedia: Frank Marshall - 1884
Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (died 1935)
- 1990
Lucas Till, American actor
Fort HoodWikipedia: Lucas Till - 1973
Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
NorristownWikipedia: Lisa Raymond - 1982
Shaun Murphy, English snooker player
HarlowWikipedia: Shaun Murphy - 1999
Ja Morant, American basketball player
DalzellWikipedia: Ja Morant - 1814
Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890)
FrankfurtWikipedia: Henri Nestlé - 1928
Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (died 2010)
PhiladelphiaWikipedia: Eddie Fisher - 1966
Hossam Hassan, Egyptian footballer and manager
HelwanWikipedia: Hossam Hassan - 1980
Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor
PenworthamWikipedia: Wade Barrett - 1923
Rhonda Fleming, American actress (died 2020)
HollywoodWikipedia: Rhonda Fleming - 1943
Ronnie Spector, American singer-songwriter (died 2022)
New York CityWikipedia: Ronnie Spector - 1969
Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor
Salmon ArmWikipedia: Brian Drummond - 1979
JoAnna Garcia Swisher, American actress
- 1986
Andrea Hlaváčková, Czech tennis player
- 1972
Angie Harmon, American model and actress
Highland ParkWikipedia: Angie Harmon - 1989
Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
- 1965
Claudia Christian, American actress, singer, writer, and director
GlendaleWikipedia: Claudia Christian - 1974
Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian director and producer
Al Zulfi governorateWikipedia: Haifaa al-Mansour - 1520
Madeleine of Valois (died 1537)
Saint-Germain-en-LayeWikipedia: Madeleine of Valois - 1981
Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
BandungWikipedia: Taufik Hidayat - 1984
Ryan Eggold, American actor and composer
LakewoodWikipedia: Ryan Eggold - 1602
Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (died 1675)
Noël-Saint-MartinWikipedia: Gilles de Roberval - 1888
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (died 1940)
- 1924
Martha Hyer, American actress (died 2014)
Fort WorthWikipedia: Martha Hyer - 1950
Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter
New York CityWikipedia: Patti Austin - 1967
Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
- 1974
Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer and manager
San JoséWikipedia: Luis Marín - 1897
Jack Haley, American actor and singer (died 1979)
What is celebrated on 10 August
- Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina)
- Christian feast day: Bessus
- Christian feast day: Blane (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Geraint of Dumnonia
- Christian feast day: Lawrence of Rome
- Christian feast day: Nicola Saggio
- Christian feast day: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines
- Christian feast day: August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)
- International Biodiesel Day
- National Veterans Day (Indonesia)
- World Lion Day
- National Day (Singapore)
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How the globe is made
Where the events come from
Each edition of this page uses the day’s list from Wikipedia in its own language: Romanian, English, Spanish, Chinese. The lists are written by volunteers and differ from one edition to the next; the text of each event is Wikipedia’s, with a link to the article. A row that appears twice in a list is shown once. The lists have not been checked event by event: they are Wikipedia’s, mistakes included.
For events before 1582, and for countries that moved to the Gregorian calendar later (Britain in 1752, Russia in 1918), the same day may be counted Old Style in one list and New Style in another.
The chapter “What the other Wikipedias remember” adds up to five events a day from the lists of the other three editions, only for years in which the English list has nothing on that day. They were translated for this page, passed the same filters as the tour, and are not counted among the events of the English list.
How an event gets onto the map
The place comes from Wikidata. If the sentence links to the article about the event itself (a battle, an opening, an earthquake), dated to the same year, the ray stands on its coordinates or on those of its location. Otherwise it stands on the first place the sentence links to: a town, a building, a mountain, an island. This second step can be wrong: sometimes the sentence only mentions the place. That is why the page says, under each event, which place the ray stands on.
When the sentence links to a single state or province, or to a single sea, lake or desert larger than 5,000 km², the globe shows a dashed circle, not a ray. The circle has the area Wikidata gives, with its radius kept between 1.2° and 16°, or a radius of 4.5° when Wikidata gives no area; it says only that the sentence links to that place. Organisations, ships, spacecraft, museum objects, rivers, mountain ranges, languages and continents are never used as places. When a sentence names several states and no exact place, the event stays in the list only.
What the height means
The height of a ray shows how many years have passed, on a logarithmic scale: 10 years, 100 years and 1,000 years are equal steps apart; anything older than about 2,600 years has the tallest ray. The colour runs from pale yellow for recent years to violet for antiquity.
Where the tour stops
In each region the tour stops at up to three events (five in Britain and Ireland), chosen mainly by three things: whether Wikipedia’s editors put the event in the “On this day” box of their main page (the English, Spanish and Chinese editions), how many Wikipedia editions have an article about it, and how many of the four lists include it. Events whose sentence or article is about a war, an attack, a crime or a disaster are left out of the tour; they stay in the whole list, in Wikipedia’s wording. The filter is a list of words and a list of Wikidata types, so it can miss some.
The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.
The Earth and the Sun
The daytime images are NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation mosaics, one for each month of 2004; the night side is Black Marble 2016. The tilt of the line between day and night is computed for the day; the hour is chosen so that the place being read is in daylight. The latitude where the Sun stands overhead is the average of the four years of the leap cycle; in a given year it can differ by up to 0.4°.
The day you were born
The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.
The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.
The day of birth, year included
The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.
The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.
When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.
The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.
The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.
The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.
The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.
Sources
- Events, births and holidays: the day’s page on Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates, places of birth and the number of editions: Wikidata (CC0).
- The Earth by day: NASA Blue Marble Next Generation. The Earth by night: NASA Black Marble 2016.
- Borders and regions: Natural Earth.
- World population and births per year: UN World Population Prospects 2024.
- Charts and films: Wikipedia’s lists for Billboard, the UK Singles Chart, Los 40 Principales, Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100 and American films by year (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET (Open Government Licence) and NOAA GHCN-Daily, New York Central Park. Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Mauna Loa.
- Earthquakes: the USGS catalogue. Launches: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (CC BY). Kp index: GFZ Potsdam (CC BY 4.0). Matches: International football results, Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
- Animal observations: GBIF, with a link to each record; species names come from Wikidata.