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October 10th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Double Ten Day (????), celebrate outbreak of the Wuchang Insurgence that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1911.
- Fiji Day, celebrate the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970.
- Party Foundation Day, the foundation of the Workers' Party of Korea (North Korea)
- The Day of Finnish literature, birthday of the National writer Aleksis Kivi. (Finland)
- World Mental Health Day (International)

October 10th


- 2010 - The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved.
- 2009 - After having closed borders for about two hundred years, Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
- 2008 - The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
- 2006 - The Greek city of Volos floods in one of the prefecture's worst recorded floods.
- 1998 - A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
- 1997 - An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1986 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
- 1985 - United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
- 1975 - Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1973 - Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
- 1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
- 1970 - Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970 - In Montreal, Quebec, 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.
- 1967 - The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
- 1964 - The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.
- 1963 - France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
- 1957 - The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.
- 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-Ten Agreement.
- 1944 - Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1943 - Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
- 1942 - The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
- 1938 - The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
- 1935 - A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1933 - United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
- 1920 - The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
- 1913 - President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
- 1911 - The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
- 1911 - The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon and Canton.
- 1868 - Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence
- 1860 - The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
- 1845 - In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
- 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1631 - A Saxon army takes over Prague.
- 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1580 - After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
- 1575 - Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
- 732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
- 680 - Battle of Karbala: Hussain bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.

October 10th


- 1991 - Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer
- 1991 - Mariana Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model
- 1989 - Aimee Teegarden, American actress
- 1987 - Ryan Mathews, American football player
- 1987 - Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player
- 1986 - Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
- 1985 - Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist
- 1985 - Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer/songwriter
- 1984 - Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
- 1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress
- 1984 - Paul Posluszny, American football player
- 1984 - Amber Scott, American actress
- 1984 - Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player
- 1983 - Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1983 - Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer
- 1983 - Tolga Zengin, Turkish football player
- 1982 - Hideki Mutoh, Japanese racing driver
- 1982 - Amon Buchanan, Australian rules footballer
- 1981 - Michael Oliver, American actor
- 1981 - Una Healy, Irish singer (The Saturdays)
- 1980 - Blaž Emerši?, Slovenian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
- 1980 - Casey FitzSimmons, American football player
- 1980 - Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends)
- 1980 - Sherine, Egyptian singer
- 1979 - Mya Harrison, American singer
- 1979 - Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
- 1979 - Wu Chun, Brunei born Taiwanese actor (Fahrenheit/Fei Lun Hai)
- 1979 - Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.
- 1979 - Joel Przybilla, American basketball player
- 1978 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress
- 1978 - Scott Dobie, English born Scotland International footballer
- 1976 - Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder
- 1976 - Pat Burrell, American baseball player
- 1976 - Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer
- 1975 - Plácido Polanco, Dominican baseball player
- 1974 - Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor
- 1974 - Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver
- 1974 - Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Mario López, American actor
- 1973 - Semmy Schilt, Dutch kickboxer
- 1973 - Zach Thornton, American soccer player
- 1972 - Russell Hantz, American Survivor Contestant
- 1972 - Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter
- 1972 - Dean Roland, American guitarist (Collective Soul)
- 1972 - Alexei Zhitnik, Russian ice hockey player
- 1971 - Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
- 1971 - Ian Bennett, English footballer
- 1970 - Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
- 1970 - Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German luger
- 1970 - Bai Ling, Chinese American actress
- 1970 - Corinna May, German singer
- 1970 - Mohammed Mourhit, Belgian athlete
- 1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower
- 1969 - Shawn "Thunderbird" Jamison, American basketball coach and ex Harlem Globetrotter
- 1969 - Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress
- 1969 - Brett Favre, American football player
- 1969 - Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish author and journalist
- 1969 - Francis Escudero, Filipino senator
- 1968 - Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker
- 1968 - DJ Skribble, American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor
- 1967 - Jonathan Littell, French-American writer
- 1967 - Mike Malinin, American drummer (Goo Goo Dolls)
- 1967 - Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco
- 1966 - Tony Adams, English footballer
- 1966 - Derrick McKey, American basketball player
- 1965 - Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1965 - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress
- 1965 - Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan)
- 1964 - Sarah Lancashire, English actress
- 1964 - Quinton Flynn, American voice actor
- 1963 - Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- 1963 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
- 1963 - Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
- 1963 - Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier.
- 1961 - Jodi Benson, American voice actress
- 1961 - Henrik Jørgensen, Danish marathon runner
- 1961 - Martin Kemp, British musician (Spandau Ballet) and actor
- 1961 - Julia Sweeney, American actress and comedian
- 1960 - Eric Martin, American singer (Mr. Big)
- 1960 - Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 - Simon Townshend, British rock guitarist
- 1959 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000)
- 1959 - Bradley Whitford, American actor
- 1958 - Tanya Tucker, American singer
- 1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist
- 1956 - Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress
- 1956 - Mark Gordon, American film producer
- 1954 - Patric Zimmerman, American voice actor
- 1954 - Rekha, Bollywood actress
- 1954 - Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian musician
- 1954 - David Lee Roth, American singer (Van Halen)
- 1953 - Midge Ure, Scottish musician
- 1953 - Gus Williams, American basketball player
- 1951 - Epeli Ganilau, Fijian statesman
- 1950 - Nora Roberts, American novelist
- 1949 - Ioannis Glavakis, Greek politician
- 1948 - Séverine, French singer
- 1948 - Ed Volker, American musician
- 1947 - Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1946 - Charles Dance, English actor
- 1946 - Mildred Grieveson (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer
- 1946 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician
- 1946 - Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1946 - John Prine, American singer
- 1946 - Chris Tarrant, English TV presenter
- 1946 - Ben Vereen, American actor
- 1943 - Frederick Barthelme, American author
- 1942 - Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister
- 1941 - Peter Coyote, American actor
- 1940 - Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (d. 2010)
- 1939 - Joseph Pitts, American politician
- 1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer
- 1936 - Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist, Nobel laureate, 2007.
- 1935 - André Bureau, French Canadian communications executive
- 1935 - Abu Jihad, Founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (d. 1988)
- 1933 - Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1932 - Harry Smith, English footballer
- 1930 - Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957)
- 1930 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1930 - Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
- 1930 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (d. 1970)
- 1927 - Dana Elcar, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1925 - Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001)
- 1924 - James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)
- 1923 - Nicholas Parsons, English actor
- 1919 - Willard Estey, Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
- 1915 - Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer (d. 1974)
- 1913 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1911 - Clare Hollingworth, British journalist
- 1910 - Julius Shulman, American architectural photographer (d. 2009)
- 1909 - Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (d. 2010)
- 1908 - Johnny Green, American songwriter, arranger and conductor (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (d. 1983)
- 1906 - Paul Creston, American composer (d. 1985)
- 1906 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)
- 1903 - Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and educator (d. 2009)
- 1903 - Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
- 1903 - Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)
- 1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
- 1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)
- 1898 - Lilly Daché, French-born milliner (d. 1989)
- 1895 - Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (d. 1935)
- 1895 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1889 - Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (d. 1947)
- 1885 - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)
- 1884 - Ida Wüst, German actress (d. 1958)
- 1870 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1953)
- 1870 - Louise Mack, Australian writer (d. 1935)
- 1864 - T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924)
- 1863 - Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)
- 1863 - Helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933)
- 1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, Nobel laureate (d. 1930)
- 1837 - Robert Gould Shaw, American Army officer (d. 1863)
- 1834 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (d. 1872)
- 1830 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
- 1828 - Samuel J. Randall, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)
- 1825 - Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
- 1819 - Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)
- 1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)
- 1794 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871)
- 1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)
- 1731 - Henry Cavendish, British scientist (d. 1810)
- 1700 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)
- 1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
- 1678 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)
- 1567 - Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)
- 1344 - Mary Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1362)