Tuesday, August 10, 2021

History for August 10

History for August 10 - On-This-Day.com
Herbert Clark Hoover (U.S.) 1874
  • 1792 - King Louis XVI was taken into custody by mobs during the French Revolution. He was executed the following January after being put on trial for treason.
  • 1921 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio.
  • 1927 - Mount Rushmore was formally dedicated. The individual faces of the presidents were dedicated later.
  • 1948 - On ABC, "Candid Camera" made its TV debut. The original title was "Candid Microphone."
  • 1954 - Construction began on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
  • 1994 - U.S. President Clinton claimed presidential immunity when he asked a federal judge to dismiss, at least for the time being, a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones.
  • 1995 - Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, announced that she had joined the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.

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