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- 0680 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.
- 0732 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, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, 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: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeated the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1631 A Saxon army takes over Prague.
- 1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean
- 1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1802 The first non indian settlement in Oklahoma
- 1845 In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
- 1845 The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
- 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell
- 1857 American Chess Association formed (NYC)
- 1860 The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
- 1865 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball
- 1868 Carlos Cspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence.
- 1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
- 1868 Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba
- 1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
- 1877 General Custer's funeral is held at West Point
- 1886 The first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY
- 1888 Teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)
- 1889 Barnard College is founded.
- 1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed
- 1910 Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at Columbia University.
- 1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus
- 1911 The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon and Canton.
- 1911 Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
- 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal
- 1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
- 1920 The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia became part of Austria.
- 1924 James Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan)
- 1932 "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio
- 1933 The first synthetic detergent for home use marketed
- 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
- 1935 A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden radio tower in Langenberg. As a result of this catastrophe, few wooden towers are constructed after this date.
- 1935 Visitor posting - Rosemarie Catalano-Rabasca born - USA
- 1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway
- 1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
- 1938 The Blue Water Bridge opens, connecting Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
- 1938 The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
- 1939 Annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich.
- 1941 The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established.
- 1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
- 1944 Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.
- 1955 The carrier Saipan with Helicopter Training Unit HTU-1 aboard, left Tampico, Mexico, after a week of disaster relief operations for the inhabitants of the area. During these operations, the helicopters rescued 5,439 people
- 1957 Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
- 1957 The Windscale fire in Cumbria, UK becomes the worlds first major nuclear accident.
- 1959 First Global Airline service is announced by Pan American World Airways
- 1959 Visitor posting - Debbie Ruth King was born to Joe and Patsy King today. First Child - USA
- 1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
- 1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
- 1963 France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR
- 1963 Visitor posting - The PRECIOUS ONE~ Renee Gordon was born! - USA
- 1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
- 1967 The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, enters into force.
- 1968 George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd
- 1968 Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86
- 1969 King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King, considered by many to be the first progressive rock album.
- 1970 Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
- 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.
- 1970 The October Crisis in Canada
- 1971 Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
- 1973 US Vice President Spiro Agnew Resigns
- 1973 VP Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion & resigns
- 1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
- 1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)
- 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
- 1976 NJ Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens
- 1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
- 1978 Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar
- 1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone
- 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
- 1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
- 1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
- 1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
- 1985 Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70
- 1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
- 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.
- 1985 Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70
- 1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
- 1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
- 1986 Visitor posting - Terry North was born - United Kingdom [email protected]
- 1988 Visitor posting - Mom pass away. In the year of 2005 2nd grandson born, Isaiah
- 1990 Dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56
- 1990 US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
- 1990 Visitor posting - 2011-Nathan Kruckenberg turns 21 - USA
- 1990 Visitor posting - Laurren Elizabeth Slaughter was born to Brad and Cindy Slaughter - USA
- 1991 A former US postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey
- 1991 Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
- 1991 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
- 1991 Visitor posting - Ciobotaru Crina-Edith was born - Romania [email protected]
- 1991 Visitor posting - Corey & Maryrose Boggs got married - USA
- 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands
- 1993 Socialists regain power in Greece
- 1993 Visitor posting - October 10 1993 Melany Estevez Perez From Cuba was Born
- 1995 Visitor posting - My name:Barbara Ramirez - USA
- 1996 Visitor posting - Aliyah Jordan was born on October 10th 1996 - USA [email protected]
- 1996 Visitor posting - October 10th 1996 Logan Smidt is born! - USA
- 1997 An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1998 Visitor posting - OCTOBER 10 1998 SHERRIKA AND JAMES WAS MARRIED
- 2005 Negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD in Germany had concluded that both parties would form a grand coaltion with Angela Merkel of the CDU as chancellor after both parties lost seats in the 2005 German federal election. She was subsequently elected in the Bundestag as chancellor on November 22 of the same year.
- 2008 Visitor posting - October 10th 2008 Josher L Gordon was born in St. Josephs Hospital in Houston, Tx. LOVE mom
- 2009 186 people are killed by landslides in the Philippines.
- 2009 Armenia and Turkey normalise their relationship when their foreign ministers sign an accord in Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2009 At least 70 people are killed after a fuel tanker explodes in Nigeria.
- 2009 Ireland's Green Party votes by 84% to endorse a new Programme for Government with government partners Fianna Fáil.
- 2009 More than 40 people are arrested after clashes between anti-Islamic and anti-racist demonstrations in Manchester, England.
- 2009 Over 300 British MPs will be asked to repay or explain expenses after controversy earlier this year.
- 2009 President of Poland Lech Kaczynski signs the Treaty of Lisbon, leaving the Czech Republic as the last national opponent.
- 2009 Ten to fifteen security personnel are taken hostage by militants after an attack on Pakistan's military headquarters in Islamabad.
- 2009 The Argentine Senate passes a controversial media bill regarding the ownership of media outlets in the country.
- 2009 Thousands of protesters gather in St Petersburg, Russia, against a plan to build a 77 storey building for Gazprom.
- 2009 Three people are sentenced to death for being involved in forbidden groups after being arrested during protests against Iran's disputed presidential election earlier this year.
- 2009 Unions in Guinea call for a two day strike in protest at the deaths of opposition supporters at a rally last month.
- 2009 United States President Barack Obama announces he will end the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy against homosexuals serving in the U.S. military.
- 2010 Visitor posting - Garrett Doolittle turns 17 - USA
- 2011 Visitor posting - 2011-Nathan Kruckenberg turns 21 - USA
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