Historical Events In October - 10
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone on this day in history.
1979 Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93 on October - 10.
1980 On this day in history 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated on this day in history.
1980 Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies on October - 10.
1980 On October - 10 el Asnam earthquake in Algeria killing 5,000 people
1981 On October - 10 anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint on October - 10.
1983 On this day in history israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
1983 Sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 on October - 10.
1985 Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70 on October - 10.
1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody on this day in history.
1985 Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.
1985 Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70 on October - 10.
1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador on this day in history.
1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns on this day in history.
1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" on October - 10.
1990 On this day in history dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56
1990 On this day in history uS 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
1990 Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67 on October - 10.
1991 A former US postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey on October - 10.
1991 On October - 10 ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
1991 On October - 10 greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
1991 On October - 10 redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
1992 On October - 10 floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands
1992 James Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1993 Socialists regain power in Greece on October - 10.
1993 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46 on this day in history.
1994 On October - 10 anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95
2006 Google buys YouTube for USD$1.65 billion on this day in history.
2007 On October - 10 an election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario takes place.
2007 On October - 10 the SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio.
2010 On this day in history the Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.
2012 Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors on October - 10.
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