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Bal du moulin de la Galette
Bal du moulin de la Galette is a world-class museum collection item preserved at Musée d'Orsay.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Oil on canvas)
Famous Pioneer Born on 8/10
Born under Leo (♌ Leo), possessing unique vision and inspiration.
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
—— Leo Pioneer
Historical Milestone of 8/10
On this day in history (8/10), significant global milestones and breakthroughs were recorded across science, culture, and human society.
The Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa, Canada, collapsed during its construction, killing nine workers.
The Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge is a bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It connects Baseline Road to Heron Road and allows east–west traffic to cross both the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal just south of Carleton University. The current bridge was finished in 1967, one year after a bridge collapse killed nine workers and injured over sixty others in the worst construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario history. It was renamed in 2016 to commemorate the victims of that accident.
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 is a United States federal law that granted reparations to Japanese Americans who had been wrongly interned by the United States government during World War II and to "discourage the occurrence of similar injustices and violations of civil liberties in the future". The act was sponsored by California Democratic congressman and former internee Norman Mineta in the House and Hawaii Democratic senator Spark Matsunaga in the Senate. The bill was supported by the majority of Democrats in Congress, while the majority of Republicans voted against it. The act was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.
Sophia_Wilson Born
Sophia Olivia Wilson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
「Sophia Olivia Wilson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward...」
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Jüri_Vips Born
Jüri Vips is an Estonian racing driver who last competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for RLL Team McLaren. He has previously driven in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, and won races in both the FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 Championships. He was the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 champion, and was formerly a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
「Jüri Vips is an Estonian racing driver who last competed in the IMSA SportsCar Champi...」
—— Jüri_Vips
Tidjane_Salaün Born
Tidjane Abdoul Salaün is a French professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A.
「Tidjane Abdoul Salaün is a French professional basketball player for the Charlotte Ho...」
—— Tidjane_Salaün
Nikola_Topić Born
Nikola Topić is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the point guard position. He missed his rookie season due to an ACL tear and the bulk of his sophomore season due to a battle with testicular cancer.
「Nikola Topić is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunde...」
—— Nikola_Topić
Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the Queen's Pier, the High Court of Hong Kong dismissed legal attempts to preserve the landmark.
Queen's Pier, named after Queen Victoria, was a public pier in front of City Hall in Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong. For three generations it served not only as a public pier in day-to-day use but also as a major ceremonial arrival and departure point. The pier witnessed the official arrival in Hong Kong of all of Hong Kong's governors since 1925; Elizabeth II landed there in 1975, as did the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1989.
Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound.
Horizon Air is an American regional airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, United States, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group, and it is paid by fellow group member Alaska Airlines to staff, operate, and maintain aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed, and sold by Alaska Airlines. Planes operated by Horizon are co-branded as Alaska Horizon to differentiate Horizon's planes from those operated by Alaska's other regional airline partner, SkyWest Airlines.
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Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, killing 45 people in the province.
Typhoon Lekima, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Hanna, was the fourth costliest typhoon in Chinese history. The ninth named storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Lekima originated from a tropical depression that formed east of the Philippines on 30 July. It gradually organized, became a tropical storm, and was named on 4 August. Lekima intensified under favorable environmental conditions and peaked as a Category 4–equivalent Super typhoon. However, an eyewall replacement cycle caused the typhoon to weaken before it made landfall in Zhejiang early on 10 August, as a Category 2–equivalent typhoon. Lekima weakened subsequently while moving across Eastern China, and made its second landfall in Shandong on 11 August.
Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. He died in custody awaiting his trial and his death was ruled a suicide.
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