Born on 10 August 1973

At A Glance

10 August 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

10 August 1973 was a Friday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Heaven Is My Woman's Love” by Col Joye was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 10 August is Leo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 10 August 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 10 August 1973 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 August

• 1954 At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• 1961 Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
• 1971 The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• 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.
• 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

Famous people born on 10 August

• Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman (born 1997)
• Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer (born 1960)
• Justin Theroux, American actor (born 1971)
• Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (1874–1964)

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