August 10
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Art and culture
- 1920 - Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues," a huge success, selling over two million copies.
- 1969 - A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
Births
- 1900 - René Crevel, French writer (d. 1935)
- 1924 - Jean-François Lyotard, French pilosopher (d. 1998)
- 1930 - Fakir Musafar, American modern primitive
- 1934 - James Tenney, American composer (d. 2006)
Deaths
- 1868 - Adah Isaacs Menken American actress (b. 1835)
- 1948 - Emmy Hennings, German artist (b. 1885)
- 1963 - Estes Kefauver, American moral crusader (b. 1903)
- 2002 - Doris Wishman Unites States filmmaker (d. 1912)
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