Historical Events In September - 10

1972  Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship on September - 10.   

1972  Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter on September - 10.   

1972  On this day in history uS Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)   

1972  Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies on September - 10.   

1973  On September - 10 muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton   

1974  On this day in history guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal   

1974  On this day in history teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs   

1976  On September - 10 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard   

1976  Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on September - 10.   

1977  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine on September - 10.   

1979  On this day in history 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed   

1979  On this day in history london talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open   

1979  Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56 on September - 10.   

1982  On this day in history decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album   

1982  On September - 10 pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game.   

1982  On this day in history max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies   

1983  John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on September - 10.   

1983  Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on September - 10.   

1984  On September - 10 discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla   

1984  On September - 10 sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)   

1985  On this day in history alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23   

1986  Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel on this day in history.   

1987  Pope John Paul II arrives in Miami to begin a 10 day tour of the US on September - 10.   

1988  On September - 10 steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970)   

1989  Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship on this day in history.   

1989  East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech) on this day in history.   

1989  On September - 10 hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany   

1989  Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered on September - 10.   

1990  19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history george Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki   

1990  On September - 10 hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada   

1990  Iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another on this day in history.   

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated on this day in history.   

1991  Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61 on September - 10.   

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1169  Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

1487  On September - 10 birth of julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)   

1550  On September - 10 birth of alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)   

1561  Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) was born on September - 10.   

1585  On September - 10 birth of ercole Porta, composer   

1588  Nicholas Lanier, composer was born on September - 10.   

1624  Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689) was born on September - 10.   

1638  Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

0918  On September - 10 boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies   

0954  Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies on September - 10.   

1167  Death of Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102) on this day in history.   

1197  Death of Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166) on September - 10.   

1217  Death of William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon on this day in history.   

1279  Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1305  Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.   

1308  Death of Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) on this day in history.