Holidays and Observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Bessus
- Blane (Roman Catholic Church)
- Geraint of Dumnonia
- Lawrence of Rome
- Our Lady of Good Success of Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines
- August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on August 2, 1810. Independence finally occurred on May 24, 1822 at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)
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“... if it be true that death is annihilation, then the man who believes that he will certainly go straight to heaven when he dies, provided he has fulfilled certain simply observances in this life, has a cheap pleasure which will not be followed by the least disappointment.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)