October 10

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). There are 82 days remaining.

Contents

1 Events

1.1 600-1899
1.2 1900-1999
1.3 2000-2099

2 Births

2.1 1600-1899
2.2 1900-1999

3 Deaths

3.1 1-1899
3.2 1900-1999
3.3 2000-2099

4 Holidays

5 External links

Events

600-1899

680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah.
732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abd-ar-Rahman, is killed during the battle.
1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
1575 - Battle of Dormans : Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in Caribbean.
1845 - In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
1868 - Carlos Céspedes issued the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence.
1877 - Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer is given a funeral with full military honors.

1900-1999

1910 - Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at Columbia University.
1911 - Wuchang Uprising which led to the demise of Qing Dynasty , the last emperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
1920 - The Carinthian Plebiscite determined that the larger part of Carinthia became part of Austria.
1933 - A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage while en route from Cleveland to Chicago, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
1938 - The Blue Water Bridge opens, connecting Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
1938 - World War II: The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Germany.
1944 - Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.
1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
1964 - The 1964 Summer Olympics open in Tokyo, Japan
1966 - Simon and Garfunkel release the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
1970 - Fiji becomes independent.
1970 - In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1973 - Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
1978 - US President Jimmy Carter signs a bill into law that authorizes the minting of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
1985 - United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
1986 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
1987 - Fiji becomes a republic.
1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

2000-2099

2001 - US President George W. Bush presents a list of 22 most wanted terrorists.

Births

1600-1899

1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher
1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author
1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Arctic explorer (d. 1930)
1885 - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)
1898 - Lilly Daché, milliner (d. 1989)

1900-1999

1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)
1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
1906 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
1906 - Paul Creston, composer (d. 1985)
1913 - Claude Simon, French writer
1914 - Tommy Fine, Major League Baseball player (d. 2005)
1917 - Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist (d. 1982)
1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)
1924 - James Clavell, author (d. 1994)
1926 - Richard Jaeckel, actor (d. 1997)
1930 - Harold Pinter, British playwright
1933 - Jay Sebring, Hollywood hair stylist
1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer
1942 - Peter Coyote, actor
1946 - Charles Dance , actor
1946 - John Prine, singer
1946 - Ben Vereen, actor, dancer
1950 _ [Stuart Lamb], realtor
1951 - Ratu Epeli Ganilau, Fijian soldier and statesman.
1953 - Midge Ure, musician
1955 - David Lee Roth, singer
1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
1958 - Tanya Tucker, country music singer
1960 - Eric Martin, rock vocalist
1961 - Jodi Benson, voice actress and singer
1963 - Daniel Pearl, journalist (d. 2002)
1963 - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress, singer, and songwriter
1963 - Anita Mui, singer (d. 2003)
1966 - Tony Adams, English football player
1969 - Brett Favre, American football player
1970 - Maja Tatic, Serbian singer
1970 - Corinna May, German singer
1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, Olympic rowing champion
1973 - Mario López, actor (Saved by the Bell)
1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR racer
1976 - Bob Burnquist, skateboarder

Deaths

Holidays

Republic of China (on Taiwan) - National Day (Double Tenth Day)
Fiji - National Day

External links

BBC: On This Day

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