Page 7: Historical Events In October - 10

1979  On this day in history panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone   

1979  Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1980  On October - 10 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria   

1980  Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated on October - 10.   

1980  On this day in history bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies   

1980  El Asnam earthquake in Algeria killing 5,000 people on this day in history.   

1981  Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 10.   

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 October - 10.   

1987  Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" on this day in history.   

1990  On October - 10 dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56   

1990  US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space on October - 10.   

1990  On this day in history carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67   

1991  On this day in history a former US postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey   

1991  On this day in history ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers   

1991  Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy on October - 10.   

1991  On October - 10 redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68   

1992  On this day in history floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands   

1992  On October - 10 james Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78   

1993  Socialists regain power in Greece on October - 10.   

1993  Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46 on October - 10.   

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  An election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario takes place on October - 10.   

2007  On October - 10 the SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio.   

2010  The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors   

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1344  On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on October - 10.   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  On October - 10 death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on October - 10.   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on October - 10.   

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.