Event:
WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
More Notable Events on August 10:
1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican Vice Presidential running mate
1990 U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
1986 Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired
1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
1966 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S.
