TODAY IN HISTORY

TUESDAY AUG 10, 2021 1993

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1792

During the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis XVI resided.

1821

Missouri became the 24th state.

1861

Confederate forces routed Union troops in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in Missouri, the first major engagement of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River.

1944

During World War II, American forces overcame remaining Japanese resistance on Guam.

1945

A day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Imperial Japan conveyed its willingness to surrender provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged.

1969

Leno and Rosemary Labianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actor Sharon Tate and four other people were slain.

1977

Postal employee David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being “Son of Sam,” the gunman who killed six people and wounded seven others in the New York City area.

1988

President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000payments to stillliving Japanese-americans who were interned by their government during World War II.

1991

Nine Buddhists were found slain at their temple outside Phoenix, Arizona.

1995

Timothy Mcveigh and Terry Nichols were charged with 11 counts in the Oklahoma City bombing.

2006

British authorities announced they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up 10 aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in hand luggage.