Page 7: Historical Events In September - 10

1972  On this day in history emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship   

1972  Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter on this day in history.   

1972  US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed) on this day in history.   

1972  Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies on this day in history.   

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs   

1976  On this day in history 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard   

1976  Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on September - 10.   

1977  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine on this day in history.   

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  On September - 10 agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56   

1982  Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album on September - 10.   

1982  On this day in history pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game.   

1982  Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies on this day in history.   

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

1983  On September - 10 balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67   

1984  Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla on September - 10.   

1984  Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days) on September - 10.   

1985  Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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 September - 10 steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970)   

1989  Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship on September - 10.   

1989  East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech) on September - 10.   

1989  On September - 10 hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany   

1989  Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered on September - 10.   

1990  19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  On September - 10 samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

1169  On this day in history birth of alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)   

1487  On this day in history birth of julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)   

1550  On this day in history birth of alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)   

1561  Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.   

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

1588  Nicholas Lanier, composer was born on September - 10.   

1624  On this day in history birth of thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)   

1638  Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683) was born on September - 10.   

0918  On September - 10 boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies   

0954  On September - 10 louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies   

1167  Death of Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102) on September - 10.   

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

1217  On this day in history death of william de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon   

1279  Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1305  On September - 10 nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies   

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