October 10 in history
Events on October 10
Notable events that happened on October 10 in past years.
- 2022
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Wikipedia article: Ben Bernanke - 2010
The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
Wikipedia article: Netherlands Antilles - 2002
Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
Wikipedia article: Iraq War - 1985
US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
Wikipedia article: Achille Lauro hijacking - 1975
Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
Wikipedia article: Papua New Guinea - 1970
Fiji becomes independent.
Wikipedia article: Fiji - 1963
France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
Wikipedia article: Bizerte - 1954
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.
Wikipedia article: Muscat and Oman - 1935
In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
Wikipedia article: Coup d'état - 1918
RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.
Wikipedia article: RMS Leinster - 1903
The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
Wikipedia article: Women's Social and Political Union - 1814
War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
Wikipedia article: War of 1812 - 1575
Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise, defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
Wikipedia article: Henri I, Duke of Guise - 1471
Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
- 19
The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province.
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