10th August anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "Birth of Leo Fender, American inventor and manufacturer of electric guitars"
• event
  • 991
  • Great Britain
  • "Battle of Maldon – English, led by Bryhtnoth, defeated by a band of raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex – celebrated by a poem "
  • 1675
  • Great Britain
  • Building of Royal Greenwich Observatory started
  • 1809
  • Peru
  • "Quito declared independence from Spain. (This date is now celebrated as independence day, although independence was not ratified until Oct 1822)"
  • 1826
  • France
  • "World's first recorded scheduled bus service opened in Nantes, France"
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "American housewife Alice Huyler became the first woman to drive across the USA, travelling from New York to San Francisco in 59 days"
  • 1949
  • United States
  • "US President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act Amendment, which rationalised the US defence agencies and replaced the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defence"
  • 1988
  • United States
  • "US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were interned or relocated."
• Death
  • 1759
  • Spain
  • Death of King Ferdinand VI of Spain