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10th August

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1675: New observatory to aid sailors


On 10 August 1977, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested and charged with being the “Son of Sam”, the serial killer who terrorised New York City for more than a year, killing six young people and wounding seven others with a 44-caliber revolver. Because Berkowitz generally targeted attractive young women with long brown hair, hundreds of young women had their hair cut short and dyed blond during the time he terrorized the city. Thousands more simply stayed home at night. After his arrest, Berkowitz claimed that demons and a black Labrador retriever owned by a neighbour named Sam had ordered him to commit the killings.

2003

Britain records its hottest day ever up to this date, with temperatures reaching 38.1C (100.6F).

2003

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to get married in space. He marries Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who is in America, via satellite link.

1990

After setting out on a 15 month journey from Earth the Magellan spacecraft reaches Venus.

1988

A mysterious disease that kills seals reaches the British Isles. The disease is later named phocine distemper virus.

1977

Amid tight security, Queen Elizabeth II, as part of her Silver Jubilee, visits Northern Ireland for the first time in 11 years.

1964

A United Nations ceasefire comes into force in Cyprus temporarily ending the conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

1949

In America, President Truman signs the National Security Bill, which establishes the Department of Defence.

1945

The Second World War: The Japanese inform the Allies that they have accepted unconditional surrender.

1913

The Treaty of Bucharest is signed ending the Second Balkan War.

1846

The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington DC, USA to foster scientific research.

1821

Missouri enters the Union as the 24th state of America.

1792

French revolutionaries storm the Tuileries Palace taking King Louis XVI of France into custody.

1776

News reaches London that the Americans have drafted the Declaration of Independence.

1519

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Seville to circumnavigate the world.

955

Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats the Magyar army at the Battle of Lechfeld in south-central Germany.

955

Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats the Magyar army at the Battle of Lechfeld in south-central Germany.

1939

English actress Kate O'Mara.

1923

US actress Rhonda Fleming

1921

American writer Alex Haley.