On this day: August 10

POSTED: 09:56 AM PDT Aug 07, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 09, 2012 

Magellan sets sail, "Candid Camera" moves to TV, the "Son of Sam" is arrested and Michael Phelps earns his first gold in Beijing, all on this day.

OTD August 10 - Isaac Hayes
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National Archives and Records Administration

2008: Singer-songwriter and actor Isaac Hayes ("Theme from Shaft," "South Park") dies from a stroke at age 65 in Memphis, Tenn. Hayes is seen here performing at the International Amphitheater in Chicago at the 1973 PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) Black Expo.

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