October 10 Historical Events
The following events took place on October 10. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 45 events. Showing 31 - 45.
- 1967The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
- 1970Fiji becomes independent.
- 1970In Montreal, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
- 1971Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
- 1973Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
- 1975Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1980A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs in the Algerian town of El Asnam. Around 3,500 die and 300,000 are left homeless.
- 1980FMLN is founded in El Salvador.
- 1985United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
- 1986An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
- 1997An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1998A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
- 2008The 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
- 2009Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
- 2010The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
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