Historical Events
- 680 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa
- 1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane.
- 1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops
- 1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident
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Oct 10 in Film & TV
- 1954 1st National Film Awards (India): "Shyamchi Aai" wins the Golden Lotus
Oct 10 in Music
- 1969 "Jesus Christ Superstar" soundtrack album by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is recorded
Oct 10 in Sport
- 1899 African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
Did You Know?
"Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the first known map of America, drawn about 1440
On October 10, 1965
Giuseppe Verdi
Paul Kruger
Fridtjof Nansen
Helen Hayes
David Lee Roth
Gavin NewsomWould You Believe?
1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY
On October 10, 1886
Famous Weddings
- 1361 Edward the Black Prince of England is married to Joan Plantagenet 'the fair maid of Kent' at Windsor Castle
- 1773 American revolution patriot Paul Revere (38) weds Rachel Walker in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1774 Composer Antonio Salieri (24) weds Therese Helferstorfer
Famous Divorces
- 1974 Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (41) divorces director-producer William Asher (53) after 11 years of marriage
- 2008 Actor and comedian Chris Kattan (37) divorces model Sunshine Tutt (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 months of marriage
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Abel Tasman
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Christopher ReeveArticles, Photos and Quiz
Writer Becomes a Prisoner of Love
In his youth novelist George Gissing sparkled with literary and academic promise. But his choice of female partners led to anguish, poverty and even prison.
October 10, 1894
Weekly Quiz for October 7 - 13
John Lennon released the best-selling single of his solo career in 1971, what was it? Leif Ericson became the 1st European to do what this week in 1000 AD?
