Page 7: Historical Events In September - 10

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

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

1972  US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed) on September - 10.   

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

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on September - 10.   

1974  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal on this day in history.   

1974  Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs on this day in history.   

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

1976  Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1977  On September - 10 hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine   

1979  3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed on September - 10.   

1979  London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open on September - 10.   

1979  Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 September - 10 max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies   

1983  On this day in history john Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67.   

1983  Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel   

1987  On this day in history pope John Paul II arrives in Miami to begin a 10 day tour of the US.   

1988  On this day in history 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 September - 10.   

1989  Hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered   

1990  19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open on September - 10.   

1990  George Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki on this day in history.   

1990  Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada on this day in history.   

1990  Iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another on September - 10.   

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated on September - 10.   

1991  Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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1169  Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) was born on September - 10.   

1487  Julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55) was born on September - 10.   

1550  Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615) was born on September - 10.   

1561  On September - 10 birth of hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)   

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on September - 10.   

1588  Nicholas Lanier, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1638  On this day in history birth of maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)   

0918  Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies on September - 10.   

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

1167  On this day in history death of empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)   

1197  Death of Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166) on this day in history.   

1217  Death of William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon on September - 10.   

1279  On this day in history robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies   

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

1308  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)