Events for October 10
19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.
1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
2018 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
1913 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
1971 – Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.
1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
1954 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.
1938 – Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
1980 – The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
1945 – The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
2007 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
1918 – RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.
1492 – The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.
1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1814 – War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
Notable Births & Deaths for October 10
2002 – Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player
2012 – Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)
2014 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)
2021 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936)
1994 – Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player
1990 – Kolten Wong, American baseball player
2012 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)
2012 – Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)
1994 – Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model
1988 – Toby Smith, Australian-New Zealand rugby player
2013 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
1993 – Jayden Stockley, English footballer
2014 – Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)
1990 – Shelby Miller, American baseball player
2014 – Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)
2013 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)
1992 – Anthony Brown, American basketball player
1991 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
2013 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)
1995 – Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
2014 – Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)
1989 – Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player
1994 – Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player
1995 – Courtland Sutton, American football player
1994 – Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player
1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
2015 – Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)
1991 – Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist
2015 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
2015 – Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934)
2012 – Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)
1989 – Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter
2012 – Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)
2012 – Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)
2016 – Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)
2022 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1939)
1993 – Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player
2013 – Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (b. 1933)
2015 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)
1991 – Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player
1990 – Geno Smith, American football player
2014 – Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)
1991 – Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer
1989 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress and producer
1994 – Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player
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{ "info":"OnThisDay API", "date":"April_20", "updated":"1615972324",
"data":{
"Events":[
{
"text":"1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1303\" title=\"1303\">1303</a> – The <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapienza_University_of_Rome\" title=\"Sapienza University of Rome\">Sapienza University of Rome</a> is instituted by a <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull\" title=\"Papal bull\">bull</a> of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII\" title=\"Pope Boniface VIII\">Pope Boniface VIII</a>."
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Births":[
{
"text":"1494 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1494\" title=\"1494\">1494</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Agricola\" title=\"Johannes Agricola\">Johannes Agricola</a>, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)"
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Deaths":[
{
"text":"689 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)[21]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/689\" title=\"689\">689</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_of_Wessex\" title=\"Cædwalla of Wessex\">Cædwalla</a>, king of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex\" title=\"Wessex\">Wessex</a> (b. 659)" },
//.. MORE DATA ..//
}
]
} }Usage Limits and Attribution
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