Page 7: Historical Events In October - 10

1979  On October - 10 panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Zone   

1979  Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1980  Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated on October - 10.   

1980  Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies on this day in history.   

1980  El Asnam earthquake in Algeria killing 5,000 people on October - 10.   

1981  Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo on October - 10.   

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  Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM on October - 10.   

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

1985  Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1985  On October - 10 uS fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody   

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

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

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

1986  Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns on this day in history.   

1987  Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" on this day in history.   

1990  On October - 10 dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56   

1990  US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space on October - 10.   

1990  Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67 on October - 10.   

1991  A former US postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey on October - 10.   

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

1991  On this day in history 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 this day in history james Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78   

1993  On this day in history socialists regain power in Greece   

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

1994  Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95 on October - 10.   

2006  On October - 10 google buys YouTube for USD$1.65 billion   

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

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 October - 10.   

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

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

1599  On October - 10 birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

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

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on October - 10.   

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

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on October - 10.   

0413  On October - 10 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  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

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  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.