Page 8: Historical Events In October - 10

2013  Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize   

2017  "Thor: Ragnarok" directed by Taika Waititi, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Cate Blanchett premieres in Los Angeles, California on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history hurricane Michael makes landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h), going on to kill 27, having killed 15 in Central America   

2018  On this day in history flash floods kills at least 10 in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Majorca, Spain   

2018  On this day in history hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida, with winds of 155 mph and a minimum pressure of 919 mbar. It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Camille in 1969.   

2020  On October - 10 armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.   

2021  On this day in history taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen says country won't bow to Chinese pressure in defiant speech on Taiwanese National Day, day after Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to "fulfil reunification"   

2023  On this day in history revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along", based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 's play, opens at Hudson Theater, NYC   

2023  US President Joe Biden pledges support for Israel in the wake of Hamas' attack on the country and its retaliatory bombardment of Gaza [1] on this day in history.   

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1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

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

1567  On October - 10 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  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  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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 October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

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

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.