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What happened in history on this day: October 10?
On October 10 in ...
- 1802 - First non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma.
- 1845 - The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis, Maryland.
- 1854 - US Assay Office in New York City, New York opens.
- 1886 - First dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (the tuxedo).
- 1888 - Teetotalers excursion train is crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run, Pennsylvania).
- 1913 - US President Woodrow Wilson pushes button to remotely blow up Gamboa Dam in Panama Canal, allowing Atlantic and Pacific waters to meet.
- 1935 - George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess play opens on Broadway.
- 1957 - US President Dwight Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware, restaurant.
- 1957 - The ABC TV network debuts the third Disney TV show, Zorro, in the USA.
- 1963 - Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, United Kingdom, USSR.
- 1973 - US Vice President Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns.
- 1976 - New Jersey Meadowlands' (New York Giants) Stadium opens.
- 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter signs Public Law 95-447, amending the Coinage Act of 1965, changing the size, weight, and design of the dollar coin, specifying that the coin depict Susan B. Anthony.
- 1985 - US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy; gunmen are placed in custody.
- 1987 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson launches his second campaign for U.S. President.
- 1991 - Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills four postal workers.
- 1991 - Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy.
- 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush presents a list of 22 most wanted terrorists.
- 2006 - Google buys YouTube for US$1.65 billion.
- 2007 - The SuccessTech Academy school shooting occurs in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 2007 - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives passes a resolution calling the Ottoman empire's slaughter of Armenians in 1915-23 genocide.
Births on October 10
- 1857 - Death of Thomas Crawford in London, England; sculptor (Freedom atop dome of US Capitol).
- 1900 - Birth of Helen Hayes AKA Helen Brown in Washington DC, USA; actress actor (The Sin of Madelon Claudet film (1931, Best Actress Oscar award), Airport film (1970, Best Supporting Actress Oscar award), Happy Birthday show (1947, Leading Actress Tony award)), writer (A Gift of Joy book, On Reflection book).
- 1906 - Birth of Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio] in New York, USA; composer (Creative Harmony).
- 1908 - Birth of John Green in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Body and Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger).
- 1913 - Birth of Johnny Downs in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Manhattan Showcase).
- 1914 - Birth of Ivory Joe Hunter in Kirbyville, Texas, USA; singer/songwriter/pianist ("Since I Met You Baby", "I Almost Lost My Mind", "I Need You So").
- 1918 - Birth of Bobby Byrne in Columbus, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Club Seven).
- 1926 - Birth of Richard Jaeckel on Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Baywatch TV show, Spenser For Hire TV show, Banyon TV show, 3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima).
- 1946 - Birth of Ben Vereen in Miami, Florida, USA; actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1958 - Birth of Tanya Tucker in Seminole, Texas, USA; country singer/actress (Follow that Car).
- 1973 - Birth of Mario Lopez in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Slater - Saved by the Bell, The Other Half, Pet Star).
- 1982 - Birth of Eddie J Peck in Lynchburg, Pennsylvania; actor (Sutton - Wildside).
Deaths on October 10
- 1872 - Death of William Henry Seward in Auburn, New York, USA; American lawyer, governor of New York (1838-42), US Senator (1849-61), Secretary of State (1861-), negotiated purchase of Alaska.
- 1920 - Hudson Stuck dies in Alaska, USA; first to climb to peak of Mount McKinley, highest point in North America.
- 1978 - Death of Ralph Metcalfe at age 68, American athlete, politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois) (born 1910).
- 1985 - Death of Yul Brynner at age 70 of lung cancer; actor (The King and I, Studio One TV show), director (Danger, Sure As Fate, Life with Snarky Parker, Mr. I. Magination).
- 1985 - Death of Orson Welles at age 70 of a heart attack; American film director/actor (Citizen Kane movie, The War of the Worlds radio show (1938), The Shadow, Campbell Playhouse, The Lives of Harry Lime, The Black Museum).
- 2013 - Death of Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (born 1925).
- 2015 - Death of Richard F. Heck, American chemist (born 1931).
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