October 10
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years ). There are 82 days remaining.
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 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
Births
1600-1899
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 GanilauFijian 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
1-1899
19 - Germanicus , father of Caligula and brother of Claudius
680 - Husayn bin Ali , grandson of Muhammad
732 - Abd ar-Rahman , governor of al-Andalus
1459 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini , Italian humanist, classicist
1747 - John Potter , Archbishop of Canterbury
1827 - Ugo Foscolo , Italian writer
1872 - William H. Seward , Secretary of State
1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , novelist, poet and dramatist
1893 - Lip Pike , baseball player
1900-1999
1901 - Lorenzo Snow , president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814 )
1914 - Charles I of Romania
1927 - Gustave Whitehead , inventor
1940 - Berton Churchill , pioneer Hollywood actor
1964 - Eddie Cantor , singer, vaudeville performer
1971 - John Cawte Beaglehole , New Zealand historian
1978 - Ralph Metcalfe , track and field athlete
1979 - Christopher Evans , British psychologist and computer scientist
1983 - Ralph Richardson , actor
1985 - Yul Brynner , actor
1985 - Orson Welles , American director, actor
1998 - Clark Clifford , United States Secretary of Defense
2000-2099
Holidays
External links
October 9 - October 11 - September 10 - November 10 - more historical anniversaries
