Historical Events In September - 10

1972  On this day in history emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship   

1972  Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter on September - 10.   

1972  On this day in history uS Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)   

1972  Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies on this day in history.   

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on September - 10.   

1974  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal on September - 10.   

1974  On September - 10 teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs   

1976  2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard on September - 10.   

1976  Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1977  On September - 10 hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine   

1979  3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed on September - 10.   

1979  On this day in history london talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open   

1979  On this day in history agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56   

1982  On this day in history decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album   

1982  Pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies   

1983  John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67   

1984  Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)   

1985  Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23 on September - 10.   

1986  Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history pope John Paul II arrives in Miami to begin a 10 day tour of the US.   

1988  Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) on September - 10.   

1989  Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship on this day in history.   

1989  On September - 10 east Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech)   

1989  On this day in history hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany   

1989  On September - 10 jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered   

1990  On September - 10 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open   

1990  George Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki on this day in history.   

1990  Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada on September - 10.   

1990  Iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another on September - 10.   

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated on September - 10.   

1991  On September - 10 sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61   

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1169  On this day in history birth of alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)   

1487  On September - 10 birth of julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)   

1550  On this day in history birth of alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)   

1561  On September - 10 birth of hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)   

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on September - 10.   

1588  Nicholas Lanier, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

1638  Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

0918  On this day in history boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies   

0954  On September - 10 louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies   

1167  Death of Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102) on this day in history.   

1197  On this day in history death of henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)   

1217  Death of William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon on September - 10.   

1279  On September - 10 robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies   

1305  Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.   

1308  Death of Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) on September - 10.