Page 7: Historical Events In September - 10

1972  Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship on September - 10.   

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

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  On this day in history muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton   

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 September - 10.   

1976  2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1979  On this day in history 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  Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album on September - 10.   

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

1982  Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies on September - 10.   

1983  John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on this day in history.   

1983  Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1984  On September - 10 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 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 September - 10.   

1988  On September - 10 steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970)   

1989  On this day in history 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  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  George Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada   

1990  On this day in history iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another.   

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated on this day in history.   

1991  Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61 on September - 10.   

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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 this day in history.   

1550  Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615) was born on September - 10.   

1561  Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on September - 10.   

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

1624  Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689) was born on September - 10.   

1638  On this day in history birth of maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)   

0918  Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies on September - 10.   

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

1167  On this day in history death of empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)   

1197  Death of Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166) on September - 10.   

1217  On this day in history death of william de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon   

1279  On September - 10 robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies   

1305  On September - 10 nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies   

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