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10 Aug 2003
Yuri Malenchenko Becomes First Person to Marry in Space.
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10 Aug 2001
An attack on a train during the Angolan Civi War kills about 250 people.
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10 Aug 1990
After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA's Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
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10 Aug 1971
The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
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10 Aug 1944
Battle of Narva ends.
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10 Aug 1937
Canon Inc. was established in Tokyo, Japan.
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10 Aug 1821
Missouri entered the United States Union and became the 24th state.
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10 Aug 1809
Ecuador declared independence from Spain.
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10 Aug 1792
A group invaded the Tuileries Palace, where Louis XVI stayed during the French revolution.
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10 Aug 1675
The foundation stone for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich is laid.
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10 Aug 1500
Portuguese explorer Diogo Dias became the first European to set foot on Madagascar.
