The Phenomenon of September 10: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1972  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).   

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

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton.   

1974  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal   

1974  Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs.   

1976  2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, results in the deaths of all 176 aboard.   

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

1977  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine   

1979  3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed.   

1979  London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open.   

1979  Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56.   

1982  In this year, Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album.   

1982  Pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3077th baseball game.   

1982  Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies.   

1983  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   

1984  Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla.   

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

1985  Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23   

1986  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   

1988  In this year, Steffi Graf claims US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970).   

1989  Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship.   

1989  East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary and Czech)   

1989  Hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany.   

1989  Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered   

1990  19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open.   

1990  George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki   

1990  Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada.   

1990  Iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another.   

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated   

1991  Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61   

1993  Further agreements reached between the PLO and Israel about self rule in the Gaza Strip.   

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