August 10th

August 10 is the 223rd day of the year.  There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year.

1809 Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. [Sorry, I thought this was another brilliant success for our team.]

1821 Missouri, ‘MO-land for Exhibitionists, is admitted as 24th U.S. state

1831 Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery.  Don't you just love a man who knows how to wield his sword?

1948 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" debuts on ABC-TV.  Smile, Chad! :)

1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested in Yonkers, New York, and accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer

1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatles' song) for $47 million (~$91 million in 2008)

1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841) after one last night on the town

2006 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.

1960 Antonio Banderas [José Antonio Domínguez Banderas] - Spanish actor   José Antonio Domínguez Banderas 

1963 Andrew Sullivan, gay US conservative political pundit 

1965 Eric Thal, maybe gay US actor 

1966 Ryan Idol [Marc Anthony Donais], gay US pornographic actor/attempted murderer? 

1971 Justin Theroux, US actor 

1972 Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugger 

1972 Mike McGlone, maybe gay US actor 

1978 Leo Fitzpatrick [Leonardo Aurellio Randy Fitzpatrick], maybe gay US actor/skater 

1979 Ale Marchi [Alexander Marchi de Siqueira], Brazilian model 

1979 Remy Martin, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1981 Jon Prescott, maybe gay US actor 

1984 Alexis Driollet, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1987 John Calvin "Cal" Culver (AKA, Casey Donovan), actor (Score), succumbs to AIDS

1999 Jennifer Paterson, maybe gay English cook/writer/motorcyclist (Two Fat Ladies), criticizes the incense smoke

2008 Isaac Hayes, US musician and actor (South Park), gives St. Peter a taste of his chocolate salty balls