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Day Of The Week: October 10
October 10, 2024 is the 284th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
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
- 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.
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1631 –A Saxon army takes over Prague.
- 1928 –Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1935 –A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1957 –U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
- 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.
- 1973 –Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
- 2008 –The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
Who were born on October 10?
- 1830 –Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
- 1901 –Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
- 1906 –Paul Creston, American composer (d. 1985)
- 1919 –Willard Estey, Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1924 –James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)
- 1941 –Peter Coyote, American actor
- 1959 –Bradley Whitford, American actor
- 1966 –Bai Ling, Chinese American actress
- 1966 –Derrick McKey, American basketball player
- 1966 –Tony Adams, English footballer
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