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 283^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 27, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,760,054,400 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 ‘dihectaoctacontatrigon’ 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 130 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 4,676 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 10 Historical Events

• 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.
• 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.
• 1575 –
  Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
• 1580 –
  After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
• 1868 –
  Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba’s independence
• 1928 –
  Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• 1944 –
  Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1970 –
  Fiji becomes independent.
• 1980 –
  A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs in the Algerian town of El Asnam. 3.500 die and 300,000 are left homeless.
• 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.

Who were born on October 10?

• 1678 –
  John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)
• 1911 –
  Clare Hollingworth, British journalist
• 1930 –
  Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
• 1956 –
  Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress
• 1958 –
  Tanya Tucker, American singer
• 1964 –
  Quinton Flynn, American voice actor
• 1969 –
  Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish author and journalist
• 1970 –
  Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
• 1980 –
  Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
• 1984 –
  Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

Who died on October 10?

• 1720 –
  Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
• 1723 –
  William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)
• 1725 –
  Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
• 1759 –
  Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)
• 1827 –
  Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (b. 1778)
• 1837 –
  Charles Fourier, French philosopher (b. 1772)
• 2001 –
  Vasily Mishin, Soviet rocket designer (b. 1917)
• 2004 –
  Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
• 2006 –
  Ian Scott, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
• 2007 –
  Mehmed Uzun, contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist (b. 1953)