August 10

This day in history:

• 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.
• 1901 – The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• 1585 – The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.

Births:

• 1979 – Brandon Lyon, American baseball player
• 1942 – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
• 1996 – Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player

Deaths:

• 1963 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
• 2014 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912)
• 2013 – Amy Wallace, American author (b. 1955)

Holidays:

• 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)
• World Lion Day
• National Veterans Day (Indonesia)

Random Article of the day:

National symbols of Iraq