October 10 in History – What happened on 10 October in Past
✅ Published on October 10th, 2019 in October in History 10 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 10, the day number in a year is 283 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 284. October 10 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
October 10 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 680 | Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, was killed in the Battleof Karbala by the forces of Yazid I, whom Hussein had refused torecognise as caliph. |
| 1720 | The French government announced a strike on the notes. |
| 1731 | The famous British scientist Henry Cavendish was born, he discovered hydrogen gas. |
| 1733 | The Emperor of France declared war with Charles VI. |
| 1780 | One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record struck theCaribbean Sea, killing at least 22,000 people over the next severaldays. |
| 1846 | English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, thelargest moon of the planet Neptune. |
| 1846 | British astronomer William LaSalle discovered Neptune's natural satellite. |
| 1865 | John Welsey Hyatt acquired a patent for a billiard ball. |
| 1893 | The first car number plate was shown in Paris, France. |
| 1897 | German chemist Felix Hoffman discovered an improved way ofsynthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). |
| 1910 | The first All India Hindi Conference was organized in Varanasi under the chairmanship of Madan Mohan Malaviya. |
| 1911 | The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, markingthe beginning of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishmentof the Republic of China. |
| 1913 | The Panama Canal formally linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean when the Gambia dike was destroyed with charges of dynamite. |
| 1928 | Chiyang Kai-shek became the President of the National Government of China. |
| 1933 | In the first proven act of air sabotage in the history ofcommercial aviation, a United Airlines Boeing 247 exploded in mid-airnear Chesterton, Indiana, US, killing all seven people aboard. |
| 1943 | World War II-The Kempeitai, the military police arm of theImperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured over 50 civilians andcivilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid onSingapore Harbour during Operation Jaywick. |
| 1954 | Famous actress of Indian films Rekha was born. |
| 1956 | The Summer Olympics began in Melbourne Australia. |
| 1963 | James Bond's second film "Love from Russia" was screened in London. |
| 1964 | The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics took place inTokyo, the first to be telecast live internationally via satellite. |
| 1964 | The Summer Olympics in Tokyo were first broadcast live on Doordarshan. |
| 1964 | The second Non-Aligned Movement Summit ended in Cairo, United Arab Republic. |
| 1967 | The Outer Space Treaty, a treaty that forms the basis ofinternational space law, entered into force. |
| 1970 | Fiji gained independence from Britain and this day was declared the national day of this country. |
| 1973 | United States Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after beingcharged with tax evasion. |
| 1978 | Rohini Khadilkar became the first woman to win the national chess competition. |
| 1978 | Daniel Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya. |
| 1981 | Detective Inspector Alexandra Drake's parents were killed in a car explosion in London. |
| 1982 | Maximilian Kolbe, who had volunteered to die in place of astranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, wascanonized by the Catholic Church. |
| 1986 | A 7.5-magnitude earthquake in San Salvador killed 1,500 people. |
| 1990 | A Hindu-Muslim upheaval takes place in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, leading to the death of 140. |
| 1990 | America's 67th manned space mission Discovery 11 returned from space. |
| 1991 | India won the team title of the World Carrom Competition. |
| 2005 | Angela Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor. |
| 2006 | A naval base and oil facility in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, have been taken over by equipped attackers. It is believed that they are holding 60 people as hostages. |
| 2008 | As per Oxfam, those in need of food aid in Ethiopia has increased to 6.4 million, almost two million more than in June. |
| 2009 | Around 40 people are detained after conflicts between anti-Islamic and anti-racist protests in Manchester, England. |
| 2010 | Around 36 people die after an encumbered boat overturns in the Ganges River in Bihar, India. |
| 2011 | Belgium and France have agreed to break up and partly nationalize Belgium’s largest bank, Dexia. |
| 2012 | ESO astronomers find an astonishing spiral structure around carbon star R Sculptoris. |
| 2013 | The astronaut of Mercury 7, Scott Carpenter, who was also the 2nd American to orbit the earth passed away at the age of 88 after facing complications from a stroke. |
| 2014 | Three people in Mali, which has had no previous cases of Ebola, have been injected with an experimental vaccine against this virus. This was the first trial of its kind in Africa. |
| 2015 | At least 95 people were killed and 200 injured in a bomb blast at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey. |
Famous Birthdays of October 10 😀:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1915 | Harry Edison / Composer / United States of America |
| 1971 | Ian Bennett / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1895 | Alfred Neuland / Weightlifter / Estonia |
| 1985 | Sandra Záhlavová / Tennis Player / Czech Republic |
| 1929 | Ayten Alpman / Singer / Turkey |
| 1949 | Lance Cairns / Cricketer / New Zealand |
| 1927 | Jon Locke / Actor / United States of America |
| 1976 | Bob Burnquist / Skateboarder / Brazil |
| 1961 | Martin Kemp / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Mario Lopez / Actor / United States of America |
| 1947 | Gary Beach / Actor / United States of America |
| 1963 | Jolanda de Rover / Swimmer / Netherlands |
| 1928 | Sheila Walsh / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1870 | Louise Mack / Author / Australia |
| 1976 | Pat Burrell / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1989 | Emer Kenny / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1978 | Jodi Lyn O'Keefe / Actress / United States of America |
| 1884 | Ida Wüst / Actress / Germany |
| 1945 | Vanburn Holder / Cricketer / Barbados |
| 1885 | Walter Anderson / Academic / Germany |
| 1858 | Maurice Prendergast / Painter / United States of America |
| 1947 | Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs / Sculptor / Latvia |
| 1940 | Winston Churchill / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1991 | Xherdan Shaqiri / Footballer / Switzerland |
| 1930 | Yves Chauvin / Academic / France |
| 1965 | Chris Penn / Actor / United States of America |
| 1968 | Marinos Ouzounidis / Footballer / Greece |
| 1972 | Alexei Zhitnik / Ice Hockey Player / Russia |
| 1988 | Brown Ideye / Footballer / Nigeria |
| 1935 | Judith Chalmers / Actress / United Kingdom |
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