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Day Of The Week: October 10
October 10, 2025 is the 283rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 10
- 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.
- 1780 –The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1860 –The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
- 1913 –President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
- 1943 –Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
- 1957 –The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
- 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.
- 1986 –An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
- 2009 –Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
Who were born on October 10?
- 1825 –Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
- 1914 –Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer (d. 1974)
- 1948 –Ed Volker, American musician
- 1960 –Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 –Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
- 1966 –Bai Ling, Chinese American actress
- 1968 –DJ Skribble, American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor
- 1972 –Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter
- 1981 –Michael Oliver, American actor
- 1984 –Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer
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