October 10 in History

Historical Events on October 10

1575 Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

1913 United States President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, ending construction on the Panama Canal.

1928 Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

1945 The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double Tenth Agreement.

1957 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.

1970 Fiji becomes independent.

1970 In Montreal, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

1985 United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.

2009 Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

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Famous Birthdays on October 10

1930 Harold Pinter

1967 Gavin Newsom

1969 Brett Favre

1974 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

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Famous Deaths on October 10

680 Husayn ibn Ali

1872 William H. Seward

1985 Orson Welles

2000 Sirimavo Bandaranaike

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