Historical Events on September 10, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on September 10th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace. |
| 2017 | Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage. |
| 2008 | The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. |
| 2007 | Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. |
| 2002 | Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations. |
| 2001 | Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. |
| 2001 | During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.[3] |
| 2000 | Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. |
| 1977 | Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. |
| 1976 | A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. |
| 1974 | Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. |
| 1967 | The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. |
| 1961 | In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history. |
| 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. |
| 1943 | World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome. |
| 1942 | World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign. |
| 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. |
| 1939 | World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent. |
| 1937 | Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. |
| 1936 | First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium |
| 1932 | The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. |
| 1919 | The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. |
| 1918 | Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan. |
| 1898 | Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. |
| 1897 | Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| 1858 | George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora. |
| 1846 | Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine. |
| 1813 | The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. |
| 1798 | At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain. |
| 1776 | American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army. |
| 1608 | John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia. |
| 1607 | Edward Maria Wingfield ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe. |
| 1573 | German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg. |
| 1570 | Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission. |
| 1561 | Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts. |
| 1547 | The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI. |
| 1515 | Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal. |
| 1509 | An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople. |
| 1419 | John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. |
| 506 | The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. |
Famous People Born on September 10
Here is a random list who born on September 10. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Neil Walker, American baseball player |
| 1928 | Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (d. 1989) |
| 1960 | David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1561 | Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (d. 1634) |
| 1976 | Marty Holah, New Zealand rugby player |
| 1952 | Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink |
| 1942 | Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer |
| 1880 | Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966) |
| 1980 | Trevor Murdoch, American wrestler |
| 1888 | Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976) |
Famous People Deaths On September 10
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on September 10. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (b. 1937) |
| 1991 | Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908) |
| 1364 | Robert of Taranto, King of Albania |
| 1952 | Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (b. 1866) |
| 952 | Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (b. 885) |
| 2005 | Hermann Bondi, Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1919) |
| 1306 | Nicholas of Tolentino, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1245) |
| 1867 | Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1788) |
| 1549 | Anthony Denny, English politician (b. 1501) |
| 2011 | Cliff Robertson, American actor (b. 1923) |
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