October 10

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October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). There are 82 days remaining.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays
5 External links

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Events

680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Shi'a Muslims as Aashurah.
732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, 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, Abd-ar-Rahman, is killed during the battle.
1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
1575 - Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1582 - Due to 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.
1868 - Carlos Céspedes issued the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence.
1877 - Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer is given a funeral with full military honors.
1908 - Baseball Writers Association forms.
1910 - Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at Columbia University.
1911 - Wuchang Uprising which led to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last emperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
1920 - The Carinthian Plebiscite determined that the larger part of Carinthia became part of Austria.
1933 - A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage while en route from Cleveland, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
1935 - A tornado destroyed the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg. As a result of this catastrophe, nearly no more wooden radio towers are built any more.
1938 - The Blue Water Bridge opens, connecting Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
1938 - World War II: The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Germany.
1944 - Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.
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.
1964 - The 1964 Summer Olympics open in Tokyo, Japan
1966 - Simon and Garfunkel release the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
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.
1978 - US President Jimmy Carter signs a bill into law that authorizes the minting of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
1979 - The Pac-Man arcade game is released to the Japanese market by Namco.
1985 - United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship 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.
1987 - Fiji becomes a republic.
1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
2001 - US President George W. Bush presents a list of 22 most wanted terrorists.
2005 - Channel 4's new 'adult' entertainment channel More4 starts broadcasting on ntl, Sky Digital and Freeview in the UK.
2005 - Angela Merkel is announced to be the new chancellor of Germany.
2005- Most Aardman Animations props are melted in a warehouse fire.Props from Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit were destroyed.

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Births

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 and philosopher (b. 1844)
1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
1825 - Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (d. 1872)
1837 - Robert Gould Shaw, U.S. Army officer (d. 1863)
1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1930)
1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1885 - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)
1898 - Lilly Daché, French-born milliner (d. 1989)
1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)
1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
1906 - Paul Creston, American composer (d. 1985)
1906 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
1913 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1914 - Tommy Fine, baseball player (d. 2005)
1917 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
1924 - James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)
1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)
1926 - Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
1930 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 - Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 - Jay Sebring, American hair stylist
1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer
1942 - Peter Coyote, American actor
1946 - Charles Dance, English actor
1946 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician
1946 - John Prine, American singer
1946 - Chris Tarrant, British television host
1946 - Ben Vereen, American actor and dancer
1948 - Séverine, French singer
1951 - Ratu Epeli Ganilau, Fiji soldier and statesman
1953 - Midge Ure, Scottish musician
1953 - Gus Williams, American basketball player
1954 - David Lee Roth, American singer
1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist
1958 - Tanya Tucker, American singer
1959 - Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (d. 2000)
1960 - Eric Martin, American singer
1961 - Jodi Benson, American voice actress and singer
1963 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
1963 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
1963 - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress, singer, and songwriter
1963 - Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
1966 - Tony Adams, English footballer
1968 - Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker
1969 - Brett Favre, American football player
1970 - Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
1970 - Corinna May, German singer
1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower
1970 - Maja Tatic, Serbian singer
1973 - Mario López, American actor
1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver
1976 - Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder
1976 - Pat Burrell, baseball player
1978 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress
1979 - Mya, American singer
1980 - Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends)
1984 - Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress