Today In History – August 10 – Smithsonian Institution Established

612 BC Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh.

1497 John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to “Asia”

1675 King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London

1846 US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world’s largest museum and research complex

Aug 10 in Film & TV
1948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)

Aug 10 in Music
1787 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” (A Little Serenade)

Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
Leo Daft opens America’s 1st commercially operated electric streetcar in Baltimore

Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
Louvre palace officially opens in Paris as The Museum Central des Arts