Historical Events In October - 10

1979  On October - 10 panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone   

1979  On October - 10 paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93   

1980  On this day in history 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria   

1980  On October - 10 very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated   

1980  Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies on October - 10.   

1980  On this day in history el Asnam earthquake in Algeria killing 5,000 people   

1981  On this day in history anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo   

1982  On this day in history pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint   

1983  On this day in history israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM   

1983  Sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1985  Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70 on October - 10.   

1985  Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70 on this day in history.   

1986  On October - 10 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador   

1986  Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns on October - 10.   

1987  On this day in history bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"   

1990  On this day in history dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56   

1990  On this day in history uS 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space   

1990  On October - 10 carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67   

1991  On this day in history 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 on October - 10.   

1991  On October - 10 greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy   

1991  On this day in history redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68   

1992  Floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands on October - 10.   

1992  On October - 10 james Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78   

1993  Socialists regain power in Greece on this day in history.   

1993  On October - 10 catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46   

1994  On this day in history anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95   

2006  Google buys YouTube for USD$1.65 billion on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history an election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario takes place.   

2007  The SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio on this day in history.   

2010  The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status on October - 10.   

2012  On October - 10 robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors   

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1344  On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on October - 10.   

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.   

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on October - 10.   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.   

0833  On this day in history death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  On October - 10 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77