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August 10

What happened on this day

World Lion Day13 years agoConservation day launched in 2013 by National Geographic's Big Cat Initiative, marking a wild lion population down to roughly 20,000.
Ecuador's First Cry217 years agoQuito declares independence from Spain in 1809, the 'Primer Grito de la Independencia' that inspired wider revolt across South America.
Magellan sets sail507 years agoFive ships and some 270 men leave Seville in 1519 on the voyage that will first circle the globe; 18 return three years later.
The Vasa sinks398 years agoSweden's great warship capsizes barely a kilometre into her maiden voyage in 1628, too tall and too lightly ballasted to stay upright. Raised in 1961, she is now a Stockholm museum.

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