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  On this day in history heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter.   

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  On this day in history muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton   

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  On this day in history dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70   

1977  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine on September - 10.   

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

1979  On September - 10 london talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open   

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

1982  On September - 10 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 September - 10 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 this day in history discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla   

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 September - 10.   

1986  Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel on September - 10.   

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

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

1989  On this day in history hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany   

1989  Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 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 September - 10.   

1561  On this day in history birth of hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)   

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

1588  On this day in history birth of nicholas Lanier, composer   

1624  Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

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 September - 10.   

0954  On this day in history louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies   

1167  On September - 10 death of empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)   

1197  On September - 10 death of henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)   

1217  Death of William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon on this day in history.   

1279  Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies on September - 10.   

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

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