What Happened on August 10, 2001

Historical Events

Event of Interest

US and UK reject a proposal by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to permit the Iraqi government to use $1 billion per year to fund infrastructure improvements and to increase oil production capacity

Famous Weddings

American "The Chicks" singer and fiddler Martie Maguire (31) weds Northern Irish actor Gareth Maguire (27) in Kailua, Hawaii: divorce in 2013

Famous Deaths

Lou Boudreau, American Baseball HOF shortstop (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series & AL MVP 1948; AL batting champion 1944; Cleveland Indians) and manager (Cleveland, Boston RS, KC A's, Chicago Cubs), dies at 84

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