^B{^#!16!10 August^N! National Day of Ecuador. Feast day of St Laurence of Rome.
^B{1675^B} King Charles II laid the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. ^B{1787^B} Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his popular ^I{Eine Kleine Nachtmusik^I} ('A Little Night Music'). ^B{1846^B} The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington DC, to foster scientific research. ^B{1889^B} The screw bottle top was patented by Dan Rylands of Hope Glass Works, Yorkshire, UK. ^B{1895^B} The first Promenade Concert was held at the Queen's Hall, London, UK, conducted by Henry Wood. ^B{1904^B} In the Russo-Japanese War, Japan inflicted heavy losses on the Russian fleet at the Battle of the Yellow Sea, off Port Arthur. ^B{1911^B} British MPs voted to receive salaries for the first time. ^B{1966^B} Orbiter I, the first US lunar satellite, was launched.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Charles James Napier, British general, ^B{1782^B}; Camillo Benso, Count Cavour, Italian nationalist politician, ^B{1810^B}; Herbert Hoover, 31st US president, ^B{1874^B}; Eddie Fisher, US singer, ^B{1928^B}; Anita Lonsborough Porter, English swimmer, ^B{1941^B}.^B}
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Allan Ramsay, Scottish portrait painter, ^B{1784^B}; Edward William Lane, English traveler and translator, ^B{1876^B}; Otto Lillienthal, German aviator, ^B{1896^B}.
