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

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  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal on September - 10.  

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

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

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

1977  On this day in history hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine  

Advertisements

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

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

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

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

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

1986  Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel on this day in history.  

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  On September - 10 boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

« 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 September - 10 birth of julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)  

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 this day in history.  

1588  On September - 10 birth of nicholas Lanier, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1197  On this day in history death of henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)  

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

1279  On September - 10 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)