Historical Events In September - 10

1972  On September - 10 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 this day in history.   

1972  On September - 10 uS Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)   

1972  On this day in history sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies   

1973  On this day in history muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton   

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

1974  On this day in history teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs   

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

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

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

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

1979  London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open on this day in history.   

1979  Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56 on September - 10.   

1982  Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album on this day in history.   

1982  Pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game on September - 10.   

1982  Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  On this day in history discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla   

1984  On September - 10 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  Pope John Paul II arrives in Miami to begin a 10 day tour of the US on this day in history.   

1988  Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) on this day in history.   

1989  Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship on September - 10.   

1989  East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech) on this day in history.   

1989  On September - 10 hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany   

1989  On this day in history jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered   

1990  On this day in history 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open   

1990  On September - 10 george Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki   

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

1990  On this day in history iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another.   

1990  On this day in history samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated   

1991  On this day in history sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61   

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1169  Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) was born on September - 10.   

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

1550  Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615) was born on September - 10.   

1561  Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of nicholas Lanier, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)   

1638  On this day in history birth of maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)   

0918  On September - 10 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 September - 10.   

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

1217  On this day in history death of william de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon   

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

1305  Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies on September - 10.   

1308  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)