Page 7: Historical Events In September - 10

1972  Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies   

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on September - 10.   

1974  On September - 10 guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal   

1974  On September - 10 teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs   

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  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine on September - 10.   

1979  3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed on this day in history.   

1979  London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56   

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

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

1982  On this day in history max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies   

1983  On September - 10 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 this day in history.   

1984  On September - 10 sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)   

1985  On September - 10 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  Pope John Paul II arrives in Miami to begin a 10 day tour of the US on this day in history.   

1988  Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) on September - 10.   

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

1989  On September - 10 east Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech)   

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

1990  George Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki on September - 10.   

1990  On September - 10 hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61   

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1169  Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  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 September - 10.   

1308  On September - 10 death of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)