Famous Events For October 10 – Today In History

What Happened on October 10 in World History?

Early Centuries – October 10 Historic Events – Before 1700

1. October 10, 0680 – Al-Hussein and his group while on their journey to Kufa were slain at Karbala by Yazid’s army, Chief Umayyad
2. October 10, 1375 – the dyke wall on Westfriese sea breaches causing flood in the northern Netherlands
3. October 10, 1471 – The attempt of Danis King Christian I to get control over Sweden was defeated by Swedish regent Sten Sture at the war of Brukeberg
4. October 10, 1549 – Dismissal and detention of Duke of Somerset as Head of State (Lord Protector)
5. October 10, 1575 – The Roman Catholic army guided by Duke Henry of Guise vanquished Protestants by seizing Philippe de Mornay at the War of Dormans

6. October 10, 1578 – seize of Ghent by Count Johan Casimir assisted by 500 horse regiment
7. October 10, 1631 – Seize of Prague by the Saxon defense
8. October 10, 1695 – King Willem III exiles from South Netherlands and arrives in England

18th Century – What Happened on October 10 – The 1700s

9. October 10, 1733 – King Charles VI and France engage in war
10. October 10, 1760 – Agreement between Suriname colonial settlers and Aukaners
11. October 10, 1780 – A severe cyclonic storm strikes the Caribbean, Barbados, and leaves 20000 to 30000 dead
12. October 10, 1787 – Prussians assault and seize Amsterdam
13. October 10, 1799 – The combined armies of British and Russia leave Holland

19th Century – October 10 This Day That Year – The 1800s

14. October 10, 1802 – non-Indians start residing in the colonies of Oklahoma
15. October 10, 1839 – The British army under the guidance of army chief Charles Napier seized Beirut
16. October 10, 1845 – inauguration of the Naval School at Annapolis
17. October 10, 1846 – French Sociologist and political scientist, Alexis de Tocqueville, describes the “Algerian Problem”
18. October 10, 1846 – Discovery by William Lassel of Triton, moon orbiting planet Neptune
19. October 10, 1854 – inauguration of the US Assay Office in New York City
20. October 10, 1857 – establishment of American Chess Association
21. October 10, 1863 – there were 166 victims in a battle at Blue Springs, Tennessee
22. October 10, 1865 – copyright given to John Hyatts for his invention of billiard ball
23. October 10, 1868 – first documentation of the Canadian Football play
24. October 10, 1868 – Cuba demands by demonstration for freedom against Spain
25. October 10, 1874 – Fiji comes under the control of the British

26. October 10, 1886 – a formal evening suit known as a “tuxedo” worn for the first time to the autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY
27. October 10, 1888 – a non-alcoholic group of tourists in a train met with an accident at Mud Run, Pennsylvania which left 64 dead
28. October 10, 1889 – The University of Columbia did not admit women and thus the Barnard College was established in New York City
29. October 10, 1892 – in a gruesome accident involving the vessel in which the Hong Kong national cricket group was traveling, all the team lost their life
30. October 10, 1899 – copyright is given to an African-American, Issac R. Johnson for inventing the bicycle frame

20th Century – Important Events On This Day October 10 – The 1900s

31. October 10, 1900 – the stipulations to be executed on Chinese were discussed by the foreign ministers after the culmination of the Boxer revolt
32. October 10, 1900 – Russia seizes a large part of the city of Mukden, Manchuria, capturing the whole domain
33. October 10, 1902 – arrival of President of Transvaal Paul Kruger at Utrecht

34. October 10, 1902 – The American criminal, Tom Horn’s court proceedings commenced and at the end of the trial, he was given the capital punishment
35. October 10, 1903 – suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst establishes an association to demand women’s rights in Britain – Women’s Social and Political Union
36. October 10, 1904 – inauguration of the Liberty Theatre at 234 W 42nd St. NYC
37. October 10, 1906 – Navy defeats Maryland, 12-0 in Annapolis at the 2nd College Football Crab Bowl Classic
38. October 10, 1911 – Sun Yat-sen and his followers take over Manchus
39. October 10, 1911 – inauguration of rail service between Kowloon and Canton by the KCR East Rail

40. October 10, 1911 – installation of Robert Borden as the 8th Prime Minister of Canada
41. October 10, 1913 – inferno in the British vessel Volturno in the Atlantic leaves 136 dead
42. October 10, 1913 – the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans get mixed up due to the bursting of Gamboa Dam in Panama
43. October 10, 1913 – Yuan Shikai assumes as the 1st President of China
44. October 10, 1914 – Germans make Belgians surrender in Antwerp, Belgium (WW I)
45. October 10, 1916 – upward revision in the price of seats at the World Series, play 3, from $3 to $5 was effected by Charlie Ebbets, the 1st proprietor
46. October 10, 1917 – the inauguration of the Plymouth Theatre at 236, W 45th St, NYC
47. October 10, 1919 – the debut of Richard Strauss and Hugo van Hofmannsthals in Vienna
48. October 10, 1920 – Italy seizes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
49. October 10, 1920 – Phoenix Cardinals participate in the first NFL play with an equal score, 0-0
50. October 10, 1920 – Elmer Smith representing Indian achieves the grand slam in the baseball World Series
51. October 10, 1921 – The NFL team, Decatur Staleys changes its name to Chicago Staleys and achieves a score of 14-10
52. October 10, 1923 – a partnership administration with representatives from Social Democratic and Communist parties was formed in Saxony

53. October 10, 1923 – NY Giants and NY Yankees play three games successively in the World Series and also the first teams to play at Yankee Stadium
54. October 10, 1924 – Washington Senators achieve their 1st World Series by defeating Giants in 7
55. October 10, 1926 – in the 23rd World Series, St Louis Cards defeat Yankees, 4-3
56. October 10, 1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek was elected as Director of the State Council of China
57. October 10, 1930 – The Associated Press (AP) chooses Joe Cronin as the informal AL MVP and BWA (Basketball Western Australia) selects Hack Wilson NL MVP
58. October 10, 1930 – Joe McCarthy agrees to accomplish Yankees for four years
59. October 10, 1931 – in the 28th World Series, St Louis Cards defeat Philadelphia A’s, 4-3
60. October 10, 1931 – debut performance of “Belshazzar’s Feast” by William Waltons in Leeds
61. October 10, 1931 – Maryland defeats Navy, 6-0 in Washington and this is the first victory of Maryland in the sequence
62. October 10, 1932 – debut performance of “Betty and Bob” on wireless
63. October 10, 1932 – the USSR commission the biggest Dnjepr Dam
64. October 10, 1933 – Procter and Gamble commences sale of their artificial detergent “Dreft”
65. October 10, 1935 – Gen Giorgios Kondylis organizes a military takeover in support of the Greek empire
66. October 10, 1935 – premiere of “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin on Broadway NY
67. October 10, 1935 – Italian attack on Abyssinia condemned by the League of Nations
68. October 10, 1936 – Spectacular scoring of 212 in 201 minutes in a memorial cricket play by Bradman
69. October 10, 1937 – NY Yankees defeat Giants, 4-1 in the 34th World Series
70. October 10, 1938 – Germany seizes Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia
71. October 10, 1938 – debut performance of the musical of Dmitri Shostakovich
72. October 10, 1941 – German U-boat destroys US destroyer Kearney
73. October 10, 1941 – RAF blasts Piraeus to arrest the movement of German artillery
74. October 10, 1942 – 1300 Jews belonging to Austria were transferred to the place of detention in Theresienstadt
75. October 10, 1943 – 151 lost their life in an inadvertent attack on Enschede, Netherlands by US aircraft
76. October 10, 1944 – Task Force 30 under the guidance of Air Chief Halsey strikes Okinawa causing 700 causalities
77. October 10, 1945 – Detroit Tigers defeat Chicago Cubs, 4-3 in the 42nd World Series
78. October 10, 1946 – a musical “Allegro” by Rodgers and Hammerstein debuts at Majestic Theatre NYC and makes 318 presentations

79. October 10, 1948 – large fans numbering 86,288, then highest, witness the play 5 of the World Series in Cleveland
80. October 10, 1949 – All-Stars vanquish Toronto, 3-1 at the 3rd NHL All-Star Game
81. October 10, 1951 – Yanks triumph over Giants, 4-2 in World Series and that is DiMaggio’s culminating play
82. October 10, 1954 – The French army vacates Hanoi, then Ho Chi Minh arrives there
83. October 10, 1954 – Golden Lotus awarded to “Shyamchi Aai” at the 1st National Film Awards (India)
84. October 10, 1956 -In a cricket match Vs Australia in Karachi Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114
85. October 10, 1956 – NY Yanks defeat Dodgers, 9-0 in series play 7
86. October 10, 1956 – debut show of “Giant” guided by George Stevens, featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean in NYC
87. October 10, 1957 – Yankees defeated for the 3rd time by Braves’ Lew Burdette in one World Series
88. October 10, 1957 – in the 54th World Series, Milwaukee Braves vanquish NY Yankees, 4-3
89. October 10, 1957 – Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, Minister for Finance, Ghana was not given service in an inn in Dover, Delaware where President Eisenhower tendered his request for forgiveness
90. October 10, 1957 – Atomic test by USSR at Novaya Zemlya, USSR
91. October 10, 1957 – The inferno in an atomic plant at Windscale in Cumbria, England is the world’s first main atomic mishap
92. October 10, 1958 -Atomic test by the US at Nevada
93. October 10, 1958 – Atomic test by USSR at Novaya Zemlya
94. October 10, 1959 – curtain down for “Happy Town” at 84th St Theatre NYC after making 5 presentations
95. October 10, 1959 – in a guest book in an inn in Helsinki Lee Harvey Oswald affixes his signature
96. October 10, 1959 – the inauguration of air services all over the globe by An Am
97. October 10, 1960 – premiere show of “Laughs and Other Events” at Barrymore Theatre, NYC, and makes 8 presentations
98. October 10, 1960 – in an air accident in Toledo, 16 California Poly football team players lost their life
99. October 10, 1960 – hurricane strikes the Gulf of Bengal causing the death of 4000
100. October 10, 1960 – Ron Stewart of Ottawa achieves CFL-best 287 yards
101. October 10, 1960 – TV transmission channel 30 in Toledo, OH starts functioning on PBS
102. October 10, 1961 – premiere of “Milk and Honey” at Martin Beck Theatre NYC and makes 543 presentations
103. October 10, 1961 – a procedure to provide players to the rolls of Houston Astros and NY Mets
104. October 10, 1961 – selection of Otis M Smith to Michigan Supreme Court
105. October 10, 1961 – Atomic test by the US at Nevada
106. October 10, 1962 – Indo-Sino clash in North-India

107. October 10, 1963 – premiere of the film “From Russia With Love” James Bond series on the theme of the story by Ian Fleming, featuring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, in London
108. October 10, 1963 – the inhabitants of the Netherlands exceed 12,000,000
109. October 10, 1963 – Bizerte naval headquarters transferred to Tunisia by France
110. October 10, 1964 – All-Stars triumph over Toronto, 3-2 at the 18th NHL All-Star Play at Toronto
111. October 10, 1964 – the inauguration of the 18th up-to-date Olympic games in Tokyo
112. October 10, 1965 – premiere show of “Drat! – The Cat!” at Martin Beck Theatre NYC and makes 8 presentations
113. October 10, 1965 – The Supremes perform on the Ed Sullivan Show
114. October 10, 1965 – Yale University unveils “Vinland Map” the map of America written in 1440
115. October 10, 1967 – debut performance of “Borstal Boy” by Brendan Behan in Dublin
116. October 10, 1968 – Detroit Tigers defeat St Louis Cards, 4-3 in the 65th World Series
117. October 10, 1968 – Establishment of Singsong Ltd by George Harrison
118. October 10, 1968 – 400 meters best achieved by Lee Evans of the US at 43.86
119. October 10, 1968 – Atomic test by the US at Nevada
120. October 10, 1969 – Recording of “Jesus Christ Superstar” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
121. October 10, 1970 – Britain grants freedom to Fiji
122. October 10, 1971 – Charlie Pride was awarded the 5th Country Music Association Award
123. October 10, debut performance of the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” by Fenholt & Webber in NYC
124. October 10, 1971 – Play 2 of the World Series was postponed due to rain and it was the first such postponement since 1962
125. October 10, 1972 – LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open awarded to Judy Rankin
126. October 10, 1972 – untimely detonation in a house in Balkan Street, Lower Falls, Belfast leaves 3 of the Irish Republican Army dead
127. October 10, 1973 – stepping down of US Vice President Spiro Agnew due to his involvement in a tax scam
128. October 10, 1973 – New York Mets triumphs Cincinnati Reds, 3-2 at the MLB National League Championship

129. October 10, 1974 – litigation for $25 million was filed against Charlie Finley by Mike Andrews representing A’s
130. October 10, 1974 – The bicycle tourist, John Hathaway, a Canadian, commences his cycle tour of 50,600 miles which he would cover in 2 years
131. October 10, 1974 – Harold Wilson led the Labour Party in the UK to victory in the general voting
132. October 10, 1974 – The US Chief of Staff George Brown in his address condemns the influence of Jews in the US
133. October 10, 1974 – Establishment of the Iris National Liberation Army and the Irish Republican Socialist Party at a Spa Hotel in a helmet of Lucan near Dublin
134. October 10, 1975 – a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt known as the Sinai agreement
135. October 10, 1976 – detention of the widow of Mao Zedong announced in Beijing
136. October 10, 1976 – inauguration of the NJ Meadowland Giant’s Arena
137. October 10, 1976 – a nonagenarian from Greece, Dimitron Yordanidis is the oldest man to participate in the lengthy run competition and he achieved 7:33
138. October 10, 1977 – Ronnie Milsap achieves the 11th Country Music Association Award
139. October 10, 1978 – Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, an American Rock Band, suffered an injury when a bomb exploded
140. October 10, 1978 – premiere publication of the pop music journal, “Smash Hits”, a British pop music publication
141. October 10, 1978 – suffragette, Susan B. Anthony was revered by the issue of a US coin by the US
142. October 10, 1978 – Daniel Arap Moi replaces Kenyatta as President of Kenya
143. October 10, 1978 – Singer Steve Perry inducted into Journey
144. October 10, 1978 – Yanks and Dodgers compete in the World Series # 75
145. October 10, 1979 – Rock Band Fleetwood Mac achieves a star in the Hollywood Hall of Fame
146. October 10, 1979 – Real Cloutier representing Nordiques achieves a hat trick in the 1st play of the NHL
147. October 10, 1979 – Panama gains control of the Canal Area
148. October 10, 1979 – Central Park, NYC received the lowest snowfall
149. October 10, 1980 – a pair of earthquakes strikes NE Algeria leaving 4500 dead
150. October 10, 1980 – the inauguration of the radio-television observatory
151. October 10, 1980 – Yonks lose to Royals, 4-2 at the AL Championship series
152. October 10, 1980 – Kansas City Royals triumph over Yankees. 3-0 at the MLB American League Championship competition
153. October 10, 1981 – The last rites of Anwar Sadat were performed in Cairo
154. October 10, 1982 – Hernan Siles Zuazo becomes the president of Bolivia
155. October 10, 1982 – Rev Maximilian Kolbe was beatified by Pope John Paul II, for the former’s action in offering his life in favor of another convict at the Auschwitz detention camp
156. October 10, 1982 – Poland prohibits Solidarity trade union from facing US Sanctions
157. October 10, 1982 – St Louis Cardinals triumph over Atlanta Braves, 3-0
158. October 10, 1983 – Alabama achieves the 17th Country Music Association Award
159. October 10, 1983 – appointment of Yitzhap as PM of Israel approved by the Legislative party, Knesset, 60-53

160. October 10, 1983 – Tom Monaghan assumes as CEO of Detroit Tigers
161. October 10, 1983 – The theme of the murder story of the son of John Walsh is the basis of the theatre “Adam” which premiered on NBC
162. October 10, 1985 – the provisional constitution for Sudan accepted
163. October 10, 1985 – The kidnappers of the Italian vessel Achille Lauro who were travelling in an Egyptian aircraft were compelled to land in Italy by the US Jet aircraft. The gunmen were detained
164. October 10, 1986 – an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
165. October 10, 1986 – Stepping down of Shimon Press as Prime Minister of Israel
166. October 10, 1987 – publication of the 9th musical, “Tunnel of Love” by Bruce Springsteen
167. October 10, 1987 – The modern Garfield Park Nature Centre was inaugurated in Cleveland Metro parks
168. October 10, 1988 – Highway 101, KT Oslin was awarded the 22nd Country Music Association Award
169. October 10, 1988 – Dick Howser would be returning in July 1989 to manage the Royals after his surgery for a brain tumor as per the bulletin by the Royals
170. October 10, 1988 – A television biography, “Winnie” featuring Meredith Baxter centered on the life of Winifred Sprockett debuts on NBC
171. October 10, 1990 – the 67th manned spacecraft STS 41 lands on earth
172. October 10, 1990 – API announces that the stock of crude oil plunged by 4 million barrels
173. October 10, 1990 – Oakland Athletics defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-0, at the MLB American League Championship
174. October 10, 1991 – a retired employee of the postal department, Joseph Harris murders four postal employees
175. October 10, 1991 – end of liquidation by Greyhound Bus
176. October 10, 1991 – aid to Haiti ended by the US
177. October 10, 1992 – curtain down for Floriade at Hague, Netherlands
178. October 10, 1993 – in a ferry boat accident near South Korea, 120 lost their life
179. October 10, 1994 – Lt-general Raoul steps down as director of Haiti
180. October 10, 1994 – Chief of MPAA Jack Valenti discusses finding a new technique of grading for motion pictures
181. October 10, 1994 – No.56 jersey of Lawrence Taylor retired by NY Giants
182. October 10, 1994 – Nobel Prize awarded to Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell for their research on physiology
183. October 10, 1994 – Russian currency rouble declines and stood at 3081 per USD
184. October 10, 1995 – the inauguration of the “Garden District” at Circle in Sq. Theatre, NYC
185. October 10, 1995 – Israel retreats from the West Bank and releases a large number of Palestinian detainees
186. October 10, 1995 – Dutch readjusts its telephone numbers to 10 digits
187. October 10, 1995 – Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Robert E. Lucas
188. October 10, 1996 – premiere of “Sex and Longing” at Cort Theatre NYC
189. October 10, 1996 – Cornerstone for the Holocaust Museum unveiled in NYC
190. October 10, 1997 – 74 died in an air accident involving Ausdtral Airlines near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay

21st Century – October 10 This Day In History – The 2000s

191. October 10, 2005 – coalition government in Germany under the leadership of Angela Merkel as Chancellor
192. October 10, 2008 – Credit crisis causes Singapore, the first Asian country to slide into financial depression resulting less exports, fewer earnings from travel, and a downward trend in the estate business
193. October 10, 2009 – the sealed borders for over 200 years between Armenia and Turkey were thrown open after an agreement in Zurich between them
194. October 10, 2010 – The constituent countries of the Netherlands disbanded
195. October 10, 2012 – The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for their research on G protein
196. October 10, 2013 – Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Alice Munro
197. October 10, 2014 – Nobel Prize for Peace for 2014 awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi

198. October 10, 2014 – Taylor Swift announces her 5th musical collection “1989”
199. October 10, 2015 – detonation at a peaceful demonstration in Ankara, Turkey leaves dead and 200 wounded
200. October 10, 2016 – Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to UK national Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland for their study on contact theory
201. October 10, 2016 – Actress Shailene Woodley demonstrated against the proposal for the Dakota Access Pipeline and was detained for intruding
202. October 10, 2017 – Debut screening of the film “Thor: Ragnarok” guided by Taika Waititi, featuring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Cate Blanchett in Los Angeles, California

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