# What happened on October 10 in history?

**Date:** October 10  
**Events recorded:** 51  
**Years spanned:** 19 – 2022  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/10/

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## Featured Event

**2022** — Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke)

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## Events on this date

- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10s))
- **680** — The Battle of Karbala marks the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala))
- **732** — Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel))
- **1471** — Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten_Sture_the_Elder))
- **1492** — The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus))
- **1575** — Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_I%2C_Duke_of_Guise))
- **1580** — Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland))
- **1760** — In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndyuka_people))
- **1780** — The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780))
- **1814** — War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812))
- **1845** — In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis%2C_Maryland))
- **1846** — Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)))
- **1868** — The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years'_War))
- **1903** — The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Social_and_Political_Union))
- **1911** — The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchang_Uprising))
- **1913** — U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson))
- **1918** — RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Leinster))
- **1920** — The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Carinthian_plebiscite))
- **1928** — Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek))
- **1933** — A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_23))
- **1935** — In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d'%C3%A9tat))
- **1938** — Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement))
- **1945** — The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Tenth_Agreement))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman))
- **1957** — U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower))
- **1957** — The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale_fire))
- **1963** — France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizerte))
- **1963** — The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty))
- **1964** — The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics))
- **1967** — The Outer Space Treaty comes into force. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty))
- **1969** — King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson))
- **1970** — Fiji becomes independent. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji))
- **1970** — Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis))
- **1971** — Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_773))
- **1973** — U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew))
- **1975** — Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea))
- **1979** — The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olkiluoto_Nuclear_Power_Plant))
- **1980** — The 7.1 Mw  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_El_Asnam_earthquake))
- **1980** — The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farabundo_Mart%C3%AD_National_Liberation_Front))
- **1985** — US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro_hijacking))
- **1986** — A 5.7 Mw  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_San_Salvador_earthquake))
- **1997** — Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral_L%C3%ADneas_A%C3%A9reas_Flight_2553))
- **1998** — A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignes_A%C3%A9riennes_Congolaises_(1997%E2%80%932003)))
- **2002** — Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War))
- **2007** — Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor))
- **2009** — Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia))
- **2010** — The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles))
- **2015** — Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Ankara_bombings))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Michael))
- **2018** — The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Fire_and_Rescue_Administration))
- **2022** — Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke))

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## Notable births on October 10

- **2002** — **Josh Giddey** — Australian basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Giddey))
- **1996** — **Sami Niku** — Finnish ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Niku))
- **1995** — **Courtland Sutton** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtland_Sutton))
- **1994** — **Bae Suzy** — South Korean singer, actress and model ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_Suzy))
- **1994** — **Mike Tobey** — American-Slovenian basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tobey))
- **1994** — **Marquez Valdes-Scantling** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquez_Valdes-Scantling))
- **1993** — **Lourdes Gurriel Jr.** — Cuban baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes_Gurriel_Jr.))
- **1993** — **Jayden Stockley** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayden_Stockley))
- **1992** — **Anthony Brown** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Brown_(basketball)))
- **1991** — **Michael Carter-Williams** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Carter-Williams))

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## Notable deaths on October 10

- **2025** — **John Lodge** — English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)))
- **2024** — **Fleur Adcock** — New Zealand poet (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_Adcock))
- **2024** — **Ethel Kennedy** — American philanthropist (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Kennedy))
- **2022** — **Mulayam Singh Yadav** — Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav))
- **2021** — **Abdul Qadeer Khan** — Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan))
- **2016** — **Donn Fendler** — American author and speaker (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_Fendler))
- **2015** — **Diepreye Alamieyeseigha** — Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diepreye_Alamieyeseigha))
- **2015** — **Hilla Becher** — German photographer and educator (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilla_Becher))
- **2015** — **Manorama** — Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manorama_(Tamil_actress)))
- **2015** — **Steve Mackay** — American saxophonist and composer (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mackay))

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