September 10 in history
Events on September 10
Notable events that happened on September 10 in past years.
- 2025
American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Wikipedia article: Conservatism in the United States - 2008
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
Wikipedia article: Large Hadron Collider - 2001
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
Wikipedia article: Antônio da Costa Santos - 1976
A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
Wikipedia article: 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision - 1974
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
Wikipedia article: Guinea-Bissau - 1960
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
Wikipedia article: Abebe Bikila - 1939
World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1932
The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally owned IND, is opened.
Wikipedia article: Independent Subway System - 1897
Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
Wikipedia article: Lattimer massacre - 1844
The treaty of Tangier ends the Franco-Moroccan War, which Morocco lost, and forces it to recognise the French possessions in Algeria.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Tangier (1844) - 1724
Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
Wikipedia article: Johann Sebastian Bach - 1608
John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
Wikipedia article: John Smith (explorer) - 1561
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
Wikipedia article: Battles of Kawanakajima - 1509
An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
- 422
Election of pope Celestine I following the death of pope Boniface I earlier that month.
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