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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixi_Festival" title="Qixi Festival">Qixi Festival</a></b> in China (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1270" title="1270">1270</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekuno_Amlak" title="Yekuno Amlak">Yekuno Amlak</a></b> deposed the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagwe_dynasty" title="Zagwe dynasty">Zagwe king</a> and seized the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">imperial throne of Ethiopia</a>, beginning the reign of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomonic_dynasty" title="Solomonic dynasty">Solomonic dynasty</a>, which would last for more than 700 years.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a></b> in Paris, today the world's most-visited museum, opened with an exhibition of 537 paintings and 184 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objet_d%27art" title="Objet d'art">objets d'art</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Union" title="French Union">French Union</a> withdrew its forces from <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Camargue" title="Operation Camargue">Operation Camargue</a></b> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Minh" title="Viet Minh">Việt Minh</a> in central modern-day Vietnam.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988" title="Civil Liberties Act of 1988">Civil Liberties Act of 1988</a></b> became law, authorizing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparation_(legal)" title="Reparation (legal)">reparations</a> to surviving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans" title="Internment of Japanese Americans">Japanese Americans interned during World War II</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein" title="Jeffrey Epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>, an American financier and convicted sex offender, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein" title="Death of Jeffrey Epstein">was found dead in his cell</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Correctional_Center,_New_York" title="Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York">Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therese_Forster" title="Therese Forster">Therese Forster</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1786); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Harrison_(RAAF_officer)" title="Eric Harrison (RAAF officer)">Eric Harrison</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1886); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletta_Jacobs" title="Aletta Jacobs">Aletta Jacobs</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1929); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Donovan_(actor)" title="Casey Donovan (actor)">Casey Donovan</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1987)</p>
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