On this day in history is a chronological timetable of Historical events in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more.
Today the 10th of October.
Today the 10th of October.
- 1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
- 1631 – Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.
- 1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
- 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1814 – The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
- 1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
- 1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
- 1868 – The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
- 1871 – Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
- 1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
- 1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
- 1913 – U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
- 1918 – RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.[1][2]
- 1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
- 1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
- 1935 – In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1938 – Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
- 1945 – The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
- 1957 – U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
- 1957 – The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
- 1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
- 1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
- 1967 – The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
- 1970 – Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970 – Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.
- 1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
- 1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1980 – The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
- 1980 – The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
- 1985 – US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
- 1986 – A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
- 1997 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
- 2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 102 and injure 400.
- 2018 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.