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Today in History

Monday, 10 August 2026

2009

Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.

2006

Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States.

2003

The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom

Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.

1998

HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

1995

Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

1993

An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.

1990

The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.

1988

Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.

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