October 10
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October 10 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining after October 10 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1684 – Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
- 1731 – Henry Cavendish, English scientist (d. 1810)
- 1780 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)
- 1813 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
- 1825 – Paul Kruger, South African Boer politician (d. 1904)
- 1830 – Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
- 1834 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish writer (d. 1872)
- 1861 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian polar explorer, scientist and diplomat (d. 1930)
- 1899 – Wilhelm Roepke, German economist (d. 1966)
- 1901 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
- 1903 – Charles, Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Claude Simon, French writer (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Murray Walker, British sports commentator
- 1923 – James Jabara, American air force pilot (d. 1966)
- 1924 – James Clavell, Australian writer (d. 1994)
- 1926 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist
- 1930 – Harold Pinter, British playwright (d. 2008)
- 1933 – Jay Sebring, American hairstylist and murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1935 – Hermann Nuber, German footballer
- 1936 – Gerhard Ertl, German chemist
- 1940 – Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician, grandson of Winston Churchill (d. 2010)
- 1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist (d. 1995)
- 1942 – Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister
- 1943 – Reinhard Libuda, German footballer
- 1946 – Charles Dance, British actor
- 1946 – Naoto Kan, former Prime Minister of Japan
- 1946 – Chris Tarrant, British television presenter
- 1950 – Nora Roberts, American novelist
- 1953 – Midge Ure, Scottish musician
- 1954 – Rekha, Indian actress
- 1957 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese mangaka
- 1959 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000)
- 1966 – Tony Adams, English footballer
- 1969 – Brett Favre, American football player
- 1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German luger
- 1970 – Matthew Pinsent, British rower
- 1973 – Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentine footballer
- 1976 – Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Nicolas Massu, Chilean tennis player
- 1983 – Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer
- 1985 – Marina Diamandis, British singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer
[change] Deaths
- 19 – Germanicus, father of Caligula and brother of Claudius (b. 15 BC)
- 680 – Husayn bin Ali, grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)
- 1459 – Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist, classicist (b. 1380)
- 1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, leader of Swiss Reformation (b. 1484)
- 1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer (b. 1603)
- 1747 – John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)
- 1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (b. 1778)
- 1872 – William H. Seward, Secretary of State (b. 1801)
- 1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. 1817)
- 1893 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (b. 1845)
- 1901 – Lorenzo Snow, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
- 1913 – Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
- 1914 – Charles I of Romania (b. 1839)
- 1927 – Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (b. 1874)
- 1940 – Berton Churchill, American pioneer Hollywood actor (b. 1876)
- 1962 – Trygve Gulbranssen, Norwegian writer (b. 1894)
- 1964 – Eddie Cantor, singer, vaudeville performer (b. 1892)
- 1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian (b. 1901)
- 1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, track and field athlete (b. 1910)
- 1979 – Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931)
- 1983 – Ralph Richardson, actor (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (b. 1920)
- 1985 – Orson Welles, American director, actor (b. 1915)
- 1998 – Clark Clifford, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
- 2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan Prime Minister (b. 1916)
- 2003 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
- 2004 – Arthur H. Robinson, cartographer (b. 1915)
- 2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (b. 1932)
- 2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2004 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
- 2005 – Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (b. 1976)
- 2010 – Solomon Burke, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2010 – Hwang Jang-yop, North Korean politician and defector (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Albert Rosellini, American politician (b. 1910)
[change] Events
- 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.
- 1631 – A Saxon army takes over Prague.
- 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the 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.
- 1908 – Baseball Writers Association forms.
- 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.
- 1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage while en route from Cleveland, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois, 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.
- 1979 – The Pac-Man arcade game is released to the Japanese market by Namco.
- 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 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (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.
- 2001 – US President George W. Bush presents a list of 22 most wanted terrorists.
- 2005 – Channel 4's new 'adult' entertainment channel More4 starts broadcasting on ntl, Sky Digital and Freeview in the UK.
- 2005 – Angela Merkel is announced to be the new Chancellor of Germany. She officially becomes Chancellor on November 22.
- 2005 – Most Aardman Animations props are melted in a warehouse fire. Props from Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit are destroyed.
- 2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are split up. The islands of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius becomes special municipalities of the Netherlands. Curacao and Sint Maarten becomes constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
[change] Observances
- Independence Day (Fiji)
