Page 7: Historical Events In October - 10

1979  Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93   

1980  On October - 10 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria   

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

1980  On this day in history bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies   

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

1981  On October - 10 anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo   

1982  On October - 10 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 October - 10 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 October - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

1986  7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador on this day in history.   

1986  On October - 10 israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns   

1987  On October - 10 bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"   

1990  Dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1990  US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space on this day in history.   

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

1991  A former US postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers   

1991  On October - 10 greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy   

1991  Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68 on October - 10.   

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 October - 10.   

1993  On this day in history catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46   

1994  On October - 10 anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95   

2006  Google buys YouTube for USD$1.65 billion on October - 10.   

2007  On October - 10 an election and referendum in the Canadian province of Ontario takes place.   

2007  The SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio on October - 10.   

2010  The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history 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  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 10.   

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

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

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

0833  On October - 10 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 this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

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