What are the important events that happened on October 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 10: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 10 is the 284^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 27, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,728,518,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontatetragon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 111 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,311 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 10 Historical Events

• 1860 –
  The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
• 1868 –
  Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba’s independence
• 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.
• 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.
• 1971 –
  Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
• 1972 –
  The 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, killing 48, occurs due to foggy conditions. The accident’s response pushes for changes in Chicago commuter rail, such as brightly colored ends on the cars.
• 1975 –
  Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
• 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.
• 2008 –
  The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
• 2009 –
  Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

Who were born on October 10?

• 1780 –
  John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)
• 1863 –
  Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)
• 1923 –
  Louis Gottlieb, bassist and lofty comic spokesman for The Limeliters (d. 1996)
• 1925 –
  The Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001)
• 1961 –
  Jodi Benson, American voice actress
• 1967 –
  Jonathan Littell, French-American writer
• 1972 –
  Dean Roland, American guitarist (Collective Soul)
• 1979 –
  Joel Przybilla, American basketball player
• 1983 –
  Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1991 –
  Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

Who died on October 10?

• 1725 –
  Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
• 1827 –
  Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (b. 1778)
• 1837 –
  Charles Fourier, French philosopher (b. 1772)
• 1901 –
  Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 –
  Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
• 1962 –
  Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and lecturer (b. 1891)
• 1970 –
  Édouard Daladier, French politician (b. 1884)
• 1990 –
  Tom Murton, American penologist (b. 1928)
• 1998 –
  Clark Clifford, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)
• 2007 –
  Mehmed Uzun, contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist (b. 1953)