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

1972  On September - 10 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  2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard on this day in history.   

1976  On September - 10 dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70   

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

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 September - 10.   

1979  Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56 on September - 10.   

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 September - 10.   

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  Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on September - 10.   

1984  On this day in history discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla   

1984  On this day in history sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)   

1985  On this day in history alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23   

1986  On September - 10 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  On this day in history steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970)   

1989  Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship on this day in history.   

1989  East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech) on this day in history.   

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  On September - 10 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open   

1990  On September - 10 george Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki   

1990  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) was born on September - 10.   

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

1585  On September - 10 birth of ercole Porta, composer   

1588  Nicholas Lanier, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1305  Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies on September - 10.   

1308  Death of Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) on September - 10.