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Writer & novelist Suzanne Collins created the "The Hunger Games" franchise, which anchored a massive wave of dystopian young adult fiction & became one of the best-selling book and film series in history. She was born #OTD in 1962.

A photograph of a Japanese American child riding a toy bike at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption on back: "Baby on little bike- Ono, August 10 1944." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. 🗃

Delivery of the T-34M prototype was due #OTD in 1941. Even though blueprints were complete and some armoured components were even built, the German invasion put a stop to any prospective tank projects. Some ideas from the T-34M were reused on the T-34.

The front of the Panzer IV/70 was overloaded, which reflected on its reliability. A proposal to thin the front armour from 80 mm to 60 mm in order to reduce the weight was made #OTD in 1944. Even though it was approved, the change was never implemented.

Originally, the KV-13 prototype was due #OTD in 1942. Even though the project was struck down by several high ranking officials including Stalin, the tank entered trials a mere month and a half late.

"Cream" posted 11 years ago today. Image #0366 fineartamerica.com/featured/cre...

Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed Mary - Live in the USA 1977 (youtu.be)

Happy birthday Ian Anderson, born #otd 1947.

#OTD SAILOR MOON SAILOR STARS - Episode 17: "The Screaming Dead!? Terror of the Camp Monster" (死霊の叫び!?恐怖キャンプの怪人, 1996, Hiroki Shibata)... While camping with the others, Rei learns her cousin Kengō has gone missing. Meanwhile, local campsites are being attacked by a monster.

"The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damned greedy." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874

"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874

First European experiment facility up and running on the ISS (esa.int)

🗓️ #OTD 25 years ago, Europe’s first science facility arrived at the International Space Station to start growing protein crystals. www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @esa.int @eurospacehistory.bsky.social

On August 10, 1950, the classic film noir Sunset Boulevard premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Directed by Billy Wilder, the movie starred William Holden and Gloria Swanson in a dark, celebrated tale of Hollywood delusion and tragedy.

Kodak’s “Pre-Invented” Lunar Orbiter Camera; or, The Fate of SAMOS Readout (invertingvision.com)

60 Years ago today, the first Lunar Orbiter launched on a mission to photograph the Moon in preparation for Apollo. For the occasion, I wrote a history of the camera, originally built by Eastman Kodak for a classified Air Force program. #otd #HistSTM 🗃️🔭 invertingvision.com/2026/08/10/k...

Born #OTD Sarah Natasha Raphael (10 August 1960 – 10 January 2001) was an English artist best known for her portraits and draughtsmanship. Nick Garret | Portrait if Sarah Natasha Raphael, 1989; Oil on panel; 46x32 cm

#OTD 10 August 1755 Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies and France. The British removed the French population to make way for a British settler population to dominate Canada.

10 August 1966 - Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames play the Orchid Ballroom, Purley. The Hollies play Wetherells Club, Sunderland. Gerry & the Pacemakers play the Royal Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth.

10 Aug 1636: The Annals of the Four Masters/ Annála Ríoghachta Éireann are completed & signed on this day #otd The great 17thC annalistic source for the history of the island of #Ireland (Here is the signature page from @ucdarchives UCD-OFM Ms A13).

Trump called the press ‘the enemy of the people’. Now it’s time to defend ourselves | Jodie Ginsberg (theguardian.com)

"It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10 Aug 1460: the ten year old James III of #Scots is crowned #otd at Kelso following the sudden death of James II on 3 Aug 1460 James II had been killed by the explosion of one of his own cannons at the siege of Roxburgh.

Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran (share.google)

"Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874 Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran - POLITICO share.google/9gAQXfqcy1jz...

10 August 1966 - Small Faces record Scene At 6.30 – Special at Granada TV. The group play Understanding, One Night Stand, Sha La La La Lee, You’d Better Believe It, Ooh-Poo-Pa-Doo, You Need Loving, Hey Girl and All or Nothing.

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia (share.google)

"The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia share.google/gEkXKsTwHNOZ...

💙💛 This room of one of the bunkers was equipped with computers and internet so that 50 people can work on it #OTD August 10, 2018 in Avdeevka, Ukraine. Metinvest factory, owned by Rinat Akhmetov, who also owns the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol, is a significant economic and strategic business.

The Great Depression | The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum (share.google)

"I'm the only person of distinction who's ever had a depression named after him." -- Herbert Hoover, born #OTD 1874 The Great Depression | The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum share.google/RXlg8zldPG1m...

The Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream" on The Ed Sullivan Show (youtu.be)

A pop standard about #laziness without ever using the word! #OTD #TDIH #August 10: Happy #NationalLazyDay! #LazyDay #Laziness #NationalDays #MusicSky youtu.be/DpKFmabCjlw?...