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This day in history: 10 October

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445 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 10 October.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
1957: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

Holidays and observances

Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as the Finnish Literature Day (Finland)

Arbor Day (Poland)

Army Day (Sri Lanka)

Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)

Christian feast day: Blessed Angela Truszkowska

Christian feast day: Blessed Edward Detkens

Christian feast day: Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)

Christian feast day: Cerbonius

Christian feast day: Daniele Comboni

Christian feast day: Eulampius and Eulampia

Christian feast day: Gereon and companions

Christian feast day: October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Events

1957U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

1492The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.

2009Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

1975Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

2002Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

1970Fiji becomes independent.

1913U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

1928Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

1814War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.

415The second church structure of Hagia Sophia was inaugurated.

1969King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.

1973U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

1935In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.

1933A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

732Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.

1938Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

1580Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

1845In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.

1846Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.

680The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.

2022Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

1967The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.

2018Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

1957The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

2010The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

1964The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.

1980The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.

1954The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.

1970Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.

1985US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

1780The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.

1911The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

2007Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.

1963The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

1507The Kingdom of Hormuz recognises the sovereignty of the Portuguese king following a battle with the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque.

1979The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.

1868The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

1575Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

1903The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

1963France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

Born on this day

1994Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model

1995Courtland Sutton, American football player

1994Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player

2002Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player

1993Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player

1995Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

1994Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player

1996Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player

1993Jayden Stockley, English footballer

1992Anthony Brown, American basketball player

1991Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

1991Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer

1991Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist

1991Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player

1991Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

1990Geno Smith, American football player

1990Kolten Wong, American baseball player

1990Shelby Miller, American baseball player

1989Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

1989Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player

1988Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer

1988Rose McIver, New Zealand actress

1988Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player

1987Ryan Mathews, American football player

1986Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player

1986Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer

1986Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

1985Bronson Harrison, New Zealand rugby league player

1985Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist

1985Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player

1984Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer

1984Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier

1984Paul Posluszny, American football player

1984Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator

1984Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

1984Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player

1982Dan Stevens, English actor

1982David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist

1982Tony Khan, American sports executive

1982Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer

Died on this day

2025John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)

2024Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)

2024Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)

2022Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)

2021Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)

2016Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)

2015Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)

2015Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)

2015Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)

2015Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)

2015Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)

2014Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)

2014Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)

2014Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)

2014Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)

2014Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)

2014Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)

2013Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)

2013Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)

2013Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)

2013Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)

2012Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)

2012Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)

2012Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)

2012Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)

2012Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)

2012Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)

2011Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)

2010Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)

2010Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)

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