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October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 82 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
680 - Battle of Karbala : Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali , the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad , is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I . This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah .732 - Battle of Tours : Near Poitiers , France , the 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 , Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi , is killed during the battle.1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm : Sten Sture the Elder , the Regent of Sweden , with the help of farmers and miners , repels an attack by Christian I , King of Denmark .1575 - Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants , capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.1582 - Because of 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.1860 - The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee , Tennessee .1868 - Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation , La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba 's independence.1889 - Barnard College is founded.1910 - The Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity is established at Columbia University .1911 - Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty , the last Imperial court in China , and the founding of the Republic of China .1911 - The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon and Canton .
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal .1919 - Richard Strauss ' opera Die Frau ohne Schatten receives its debut performance in Vienna .1920 - The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria .1933 - United Airlines Chesterton Crash : A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage , the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation .1935 - A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg . As a result of this catastrophe, few wooden towers are constructed after this date.1938 - The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany .1942 - The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia .1943 - Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore 1944 - Holocaust : 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.1945 - The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement .1954 - The Communist Party of Honduras is founded.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 .1957 - The Windscale fire in Cumbria , U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.
1963 - France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia .1964 - The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , Japan , is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.1967 - The Outer Space Treaty , signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.1969 - King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King , considered by many to be the first progressive rock album.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.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.1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay , killing 74.2005 - Negotiations between the CDU /CSU and SPD in Germany had concluded that both parties would form a grand coaltion with Angela Merkel of the CDU as chancellor after both parties lost seats in the 2005 German federal election . She was subsequently elected in the Bundestag as chancellor on November 22 of the same year.
Births
1344 - Mary Plantagenet , English princess (d. 1362)1567 - Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)1678 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll , Scottish soldier (d. 1743)1684 - Antoine Watteau , French painter (d. 1721)1700 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor (d. 1759)1731 - Henry Cavendish , British scientist (d. 1810)1780 - John Abercrombie , Scottish physician (d. 1844)1794 - William Whiting Boardman , American politician (d. 1871)1813 - Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer (d. 1901)1819 - Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger , German theologian (d. 1883)1825 - Paul Kruger , President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)1828 - Samuel J. Randall , Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)1834 - Aleksis Kivi , Finnish author (d. 1872)1837 - Robert Gould Shaw , American Army officer (d. 1863)1861 - Fridtjof Nansen , Norwegian explorer, Nobel laureate (d. 1930)1863 - Louis Cyr , French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)1863 - Helen Dunbar , American actress (d. 1933)
1864 - T. Frank Appleby , United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924)1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin , Russian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1953)1870 - Louise Mack , Australian writer (d. 1935)
1885 - Walter Anderson , German folklorist (d. 1962)1889 - Han van Meegeren , Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (d. 1947)1895 - Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (d. 1935)1895 - Wolfram von Richthofen , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1898 - Lilly Daché , French-born milliner (d. 1989)1900 - Helen Hayes , American actress (d. 1993)1901 - Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)1903 - Vernon Duke , American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)1903 - Prince Charles of Belgium , Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)
1906 - Paul Creston , American composer (d. 1985)1906 - R.K. Narayan , Indian novelist (d. 2001)
1908 - Johnny Green , American songwriter, arranger and conductor (d. 1989)1908 - Mercè Rodoreda , Catalan novelist (d. 1983)
1909 - Robert F. Boyle , American production designer and art director1913 - Claude Simon , French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)1914 - Tommy Fine , American baseball player (d. 2005)1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter , American R&B singer (d. 1974)
1917 - Thelonious Monk , American jazz pianist (d. 1982)1923 - Nicholas Parsons , English actor1924 - James Clavell , Australian author (d. 1994)1924 - Ludmilla Tchérina , French ballet dancer and actress (d. 2004)
1924 - Ed Wood , American filmmaker (d. 1978)
1925 - Great Antonio , Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001)1926 - Richard Jaeckel , American actor (d. 1997)1927 - Dana Elcar , American actor (d. 2005)1930 - Eugenio Castellotti , Italian race car driver (d. 1957)1930 - Yves Chauvin , French chemist, Nobel laureate
1930 - Harold Pinter , English playwright, Nobel laureate
1930 - Mustafa Zaidi , Pakistani poet (d. 1970)
1932 - Harry Smith , English footballer1933 - Jay Sebring , American hair stylist and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)1935 - André Bureau , French Canadian communications executive1935 - Abu Jihad , Founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (d. 1988)
1936 - Gerhard Ertl , German surface chemist, Nobel laureate , 2007.1938 - Moriyama Daido , Japanese photographer1939 - Joseph Pitts , American politician1941 - Peter Coyote , American actor1942 - Radu Vasile , Romanian Prime Minister 1943 - Frederick Barthelme , American author1946 - Charles Dance , English actor1946 - Mildred Grieveson (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer
1946 - Naoto Kan , Japanese politician
1946 - Peter Mahovlich , Canadian ice hockey player
1946 - John Prine , American singer
1946 - Chris Tarrant , English TV presenter
1946 - Ben Vereen , American actor
1947 - Martin Ruane , English professional wrestler (d. 1998)1948 - Séverine , French singer1948 - Ed Volker , American musician
1950 - Nora Roberts , American novelist1951 - Epeli Ganilau , Fijian statesman1953 - Midge Ure , Scottish musician1953 - Gus Williams , American basketball player
1954 - Rekha , Bollywood actress1954 - David Lee Roth , American singer (Van Halen )
1954 - Mohamed Mounir , Egyptian singer and actor
1956 - Amanda Burton , Northern Irish actress1956 - Mark Gordon , American film producer
1957 - Rumiko Takahashi , Japanese artist1958 - Tanya Tucker , American singer1959 - Kirsty MacColl , English singer (d. 2000)1959 - Bradley Whitford , American actor
1960 - Eric Martin , American singer (Mr. Big )1960 - Ron Flockhart , Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Jodi Benson , American voice actress1961 - Henrik Jørgensen , Danish marathon runner
1961 - Martin Kemp , British musician (Spandau Ballet ) and actor
1961 - Julia Sweeney , American actress and comedian
1963 - Anita Mui , Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)1963 - Daniel Pearl , American journalist (d. 2002)
1963 - Jolanda de Rover , Dutch swimmer
1963 - Vegard Ulvang , Norwegian cross-country skier.
1964 - Sarah Lancashire , English actress1964 - Quinton Flynn , American voice actor
1965 - Clive Jones , British engineer1965 - Chris Penn , American actor (d. 2006)
1965 - Rebecca Pidgeon , American actress
1965 - Toshi , Japanese singer (X Japan )
1965 - Steve Scalise , American politician
1966 - Tony Adams , English footballer1967 - Jonathan Littell , French-American writer1967 - Mike Malinin , American drummer (Goo Goo Dolls )
1967 - Gavin Newsom , mayor of San Francisco
1968 - Bart Brentjens , Dutch mountain biker1969 - Brett Favre , American football player1969 - Wendi McLendon-Covey , American actress
1970 - Dean Kiely , Irish footballer1970 - Silke Kraushaar-Pielach , German luger
1970 - Bai Ling , Chinese American actress
1970 - Corinna May , German singer
1970 - Mohammed Mourhit , Belgian athlete
1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent , English rower
1971 - Ian Bennett , English footballer1971 - Evgeny Kissin , Russian pianist
1972 - Jun Lana , Filipino playwright and screenwriter1972 - Dean Roland , American guitarist (Collective Soul )1972 - Alexei Zhitnik , Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Mario López , American actor1973 - Semmy Schilt , Dutch kickboxer
1974 - Assi Cohen , Israeli comedian and actor1974 - Julio Ricardo Cruz , Argentinian footballer
1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr , American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver
1974 - Chris Pronger , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Ramón Morales , Mexican footballer1975 - Plácido Polanco , Dominican baseball player
1976 - Bob Burnquist , Brazilian-born skateboarder1976 - Pat Burrell , American baseball player
1978 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe , American actress1979 - Mya Harrison , American singer1979 - Nicolás Massú , Chilean tennis player
1979 - Wu Chun , Brunei born Taiwanese actor
1979 - Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta) , lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.
1980 - Elvis Hammond , Ghanaian footballer1980 - Tim Maurer , American singer (Suburban Legends )
1980 - Sherine , Egyptian singer
1981 - Michael Oliver , American actor1982 - Amon Buchanan , Australian rules footballer1982 - Hideki Mutoh , Japanese racing driver
1983 - Vusimuzi Sibanda , Zimbabwean cricketer1984 - Rod Benson , American basketball player1984 - Stephanie Cheng , Hong Kong singer
1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama , Japanese actress
1984 - Paul Posluszny , American football player
1984 - Troy Tulowitzki , American baseball player
1985 - Dominique Cornu , Belgian professional cyclist1985 - Aaron Himelstein , American actor
1986 - Nathan Jawai , Australian basketball player1991 - Gabriella Cilmi , Australian singer1991 - Mariana Espósito , Argentine actress, singer and model
Deaths
19 - Germanicus , Roman general (b. 15 BC)680 - 10 Muharram 61 AH - Husayn ibn Ali (AS) , Shi'a Imam, Muhammad 's grandson (b. 626)732 - Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi , Moorish Governor of Andalusia833 - al-Ma'mun , Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)1359 - King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)1459 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini , Italian humanist and classicist (b. 1380)1531 - Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss reformer (killed in battle) (b. 1484)1659 - Abel Tasman , Dutch explorer (b. 1603)1674 - Thomas Traherne , English poet1691 - Isaac de Benserade , French poet (b. 1613)1708 - David Gregory , Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)1714 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert , French economist (b. 1646)1720 - Antoine Coysevox , French sculptor (b. 1640)1723 - William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper , Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)1725 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil , Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)1747 - John Potter , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)1759 - Granville Elliott , British military officer (b. 1713)1765 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)1795 - Francesco Antonio Zaccaria , Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714)1806 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia , German prince (b. 1772)1827 - Ugo Foscolo , Italian writer (b. 1778)1837 - Charles Fourier , French philosopher (b. 1772)1872 - William H. Seward , United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. 1817)1876 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville , French geologist (b. 1814)1893 - Lip Pike , American baseball player (b. 1845)1901 - Lorenzo Snow , fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)1913 - Katsura Taro , Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)1913 - Adolphus Busch , American brewer (Anheuser-Busch ) (b. 1839)
1914 - King Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)1927 - Gustave Whitehead , German-born inventor (b. 1874)1930 - Adolf Engler , German botanist (b. 1844)1939 - Eleanor Rigby , a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)1940 - Berton Churchill , Canadian actor (b. 1876)1948 - Ted Horn , American race car driver (b. 1910)1957 - Karl Genzken , Nazi physician (b. 1885)1963 - Édith Piaf , French singer (b. 1915)1963 - Roy Cazaly , Australian rules footballer (b. 1893)1964 - Eddie Cantor , American singer and vaudeville performer (b. 1892)1964 - Heinrich Neuhaus , Soviet pianist (b. 1888)
1970 - Édouard Daladier , French politician (b. 1884)1971 - John Cawte Beaglehole , New Zealand historian (b. 1901)1976 - Silvana Armenulic , Yugoslavian folk singer (b. 1939)1977 - Angelo Muscat , Maltese actor (b. 1930)1978 - Ralph Metcalfe , American athlete (b. 1910)1978 - Ralph Marterie , American big band leader (b. 1914)
1979 - Christopher Evans , British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931)1979 - Paul Paray , French conductor (b. 1886)
1982 - Jean Effel , French painter and journalist (b. 1908)1983 - Ralph Richardson , English actor (b. 1902)1985 - Yul Brynner , Russian-born actor (b. 1920)1985 - Orson Welles , American director and actor (b. 1915)
1986 - Gleb Wataghin , Ukrainian-Italian physicist (b. 1899)1990 - Tom Murton , American penologist (b. 1928)1998 - Clark Clifford , United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)1998 - Tommy Quaid , Irish hurler (b. 1957)
2000 - Sirimavo Bandaranaike , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)2001 - Eddie Futch , American boxing trainer (b. 1911)2001 - Vasily Mishin , Soviet rocket designer (b. 1917)
2002 - Teresa Graves , American actress and singer (b. 1948)2003 - Eugene Istomin , American pianist (b. 1925)2004 - Ken Caminiti , American baseball player (b. 1963)2004 - Christopher Reeve , American actor (b. 1952)
2004 - Arthur H. Robinson , American cartographer (b. 1915)
2004 - Maurice Shadbolt , New Zealand writer (b. 1932)
2005 - Wayne Booth , American literary critic (b. 1921)2005 - Milton Obote , President of Uganda (b. 1925)
2006 - Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist (b. 1932)2006 - Ian Scott , Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2007 - Mehmed Uzun , Contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist (b. 1953)2008 - Kazuyoshi Miura , Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
Holidays and observances
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