| August 10th, 2006 | Event | Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes. |
| August 10th, 2003 | Event | The highest temperature ever is recorded in the UK, 38.5øC (101.3øF), occurs in Kent [1]. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| August 10th, 2003 | Event | Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space. |
| August 10th, 2000 | Event | World Population reaches 6 billion according to www.ibiblio.org world population tracker. |
| August 10th, 1998 | Event | The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei. |
| August 10th, 1995 | Event | Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony. |
| August 10th, 1995 | Event | Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit against the St. Louis Cardinals after fans throw souvenir baseballs on to the field en masse. |
| August 10th, 1993 | Event | An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hit the South Island of New Zealand. |
| August 10th, 1990 | Event | The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. |
| August 10th, 1990 | Event | The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in the North East Sri Lanka by the paramilitaries. |
