Today in History for August 2010

Months in 2010: January February March April May June July September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 4 of 4

4th - California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, was overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
14th - 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games, first ever Youth Olympics, officially starts in Singapore.
19th - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
23rd - Manila hostage crisis, which occurred at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, where a dismissed police officer took hostage a tour bus full of Chinese nationals.

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 7 of 7

1st - "Dawson's Creek" actor James Van Der Beek (33) weds business consultant Kimberly Brook at the Kabbalah Center in Tel Aviv, Israel
7th - British pop star Robbie Williams (36) weds actress Ayda Field (31) in an intimate ceremony at Beverly Hills mansion
7th - "Dancing in the Dark" host Rossi Morreale (33) weds one half of identical twin country duo "Kate and Kacey" Kacey Coppola at the Grande Antigua Resort and Spa in Antigua
14th - Actress and singer Hilary Duff (24) weds retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre Mike Comrie (31) at La Quinta Estate in Montecito, California
21st - Actor and director Stephen Moyer (41) weds actress Anna Paquin (28) at a private estate in Malibu
23rd - Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (66) weds Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger (44) at Virgen del Carmen Church in Marbella, Spain
28th - "Pretty Little Liars" actor Chad Lowe (42) weds film producer Kim Painter at Terranea Resort in Los Angeles

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

23rd - Former Swedish model Elin Nordegren (30) divorces professional golfer Tiger Woods (34) after 6 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican nationalist (b. 1919)
1st - Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby and cricket international player and referee/umpire (b. 1910)
8th - Patricia Neal, American actress, dies at 84
9th - Ted Stevens, American politician (b. 1923)
10th - Adam Stansfield, Professional footballer who played for Exeter City F.C. (b. 1978)
11th - Markus Liebherr, German born Swiss owner of Southampton Football Club (b. 1948)
12th - Richie Hayward, American musician (Little Feat) (b. 1946)
12th - Isaac Bonewits, founder of U.S. Druid organization Ar Ndraiocht Fein (b. 1949)
12th - Guido de Marco, 6th president of Malta, 45th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1931)
13th - Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981)
13th - Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (b. 1919)
14th - Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)
14th - Tahar Wattar, Algerian novelist (b. 1936)
16th - Bobby Thomson, American baseball player
17th - Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and eighth President of the Italian Republic (b. 1928)
18th - Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931)
18th - Scott Davis, American Announcer of Track and Field (b.1943)
18th - Benjamin Kaplan, copyright scholar
21st - Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean writer (b. 1941)
Actress Patricia Neal (8th) 21st - Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and comedienne (b. 1950)
22nd - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player (b. 1923)
24th - Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director (b. 1963)
27th - Luna Vachon, Professional Wrestler (b. 1962)
28th - William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University
30th - Alain Corneau, French filmmaker (b. 1943)
31st - Laurent Fignon, French bicycle racer (b. 1960)