What Happened on October 10, 2004

Historical Events

F1 World Champion

Having already clinched his record 7th F1 World Drivers Championship, German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins a record 13th race of the season with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka

Famous Deaths

Arthur H. Robinson, American cartographer (b. 1915)

Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)

American actor (Superman, Somewhere in Time), dies of an adverse reaction to an antibiotic at 52

Ken Caminiti, MLB third baseman, 1987-2001, (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, and 3 other teams; NL MVP- 1996), dies of a drug overdose at 41
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (Season of the Jew), dies at 72

2004 Highlights