Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 10
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August 10: International biodiesel day
- 1492 - Rodrigo Borgia was elected pope and took the name Pope Alexander VI.
- 1792 - French Revolution insurrectionists stormed the Tuileries Palace.
- 1846 - Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress.
- 1913 - Delegates signed the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Second Balkan War.
- 1990 - The Magellan space probe reached Venus.