Historical Events In October - 10

1956  On October - 10 fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match v Aus, Karachi  

1957  Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant on this day in history.  

1957  Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale on October - 10.  

1958  On October - 10 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1959  On October - 10 first Global Airline service is announced by Pan American World Airways  

1959  Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, dies on this day in history.  

1960  On October - 10 ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards  

1961  Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court on October - 10.  

1961  The entire population of Tristan de Cunha is evacuated, following a volcanic eruption on the South Atlantic island on October - 10.  

1963  On October - 10 treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR  

1964  18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo on October - 10.  

1964  Eddie Cantor, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1965  Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1967  On October - 10 ervin Major, composer, dies at 66  

1968  George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd on this day in history.  

1968  On October - 10 lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86  

1968  Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1970  Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.  

1970  The October Crisis in Canada on October - 10.  

1970  On this day in history adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60  

1973  US Vice President Spiro Agnew Resigns on this day in history.  

1973  On October - 10 vP Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion & resigns  

1973  Albe, [Renaut A Joostens], Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71 on October - 10.  

1974  Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles on October - 10.  

1974  On this day in history marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer, dies at 73  

1975  Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton) on October - 10.  

1975  On October - 10 lillian Walker, dies at 88  

1976  Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7 33 on this day in history.  

1976  NJ Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens on October - 10.  

1976  Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1976  On October - 10 greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33  

1978  On October - 10 british pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published  

1978  On this day in history pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar  

1978  Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at 86 on October - 10.  

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on October - 10.  

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.  

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.  

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on October - 10.  

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.  

1684  On October - 10 birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)  

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

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer  

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

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57  

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on this day in history.  

0732  On this day in history death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia  

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on October - 10.  

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)  

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

1651  On this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77