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 - French Revolution
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1792: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob when they storm the Tuileries Palace during the French Revolution.

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