History Events on October 10

US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

#Achille_Lauro_hijacking

Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

#Papua_New_Guinea

France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

#Bizerte

Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

#Chiang_Kai-shek

A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

#1998_Lignes_Aériennes_Congolaises_crash

The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

#Women's_Social_and_Political_Union

The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

#Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty

U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

#Spiro_Agnew

Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.

#Battle_of_Brunkeberg

The Beach Boys release one of their biggest singles, ranked the 6th greatest song by Rolling Stone, "Good Vibrations".

#The_Beach_Boys

A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

#1933_United_Airlines_Boeing_247_mid-air_explosion

Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.

#Electorate_of_Saxony

In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.

#Ndyuka_people

Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8-10.

#Great_Chicago_Fire

The 7.1 Mw? El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.

#1980_El_Asnam_earthquake

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

#Austral_Líneas_Aéreas_Flight_2553

The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

#1920_Carinthian_plebiscite

Fiji becomes independent.

#Fiji

U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

#Komla_Agbeli_Gbedemah

The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.

#Outer_Space_Treaty

War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.

#War_of_1812

Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

#Hurricane_Michael

Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 102 and injure 400.

#2015_Ankara_bombings

The Battle of Karbala was fought.

#Battle_of_Karbala

RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.

#RMS_Leinster

The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

#Netherlands_Antilles

Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

#Munich_Agreement

A 5.7 Mw? San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.

#1986_San_Salvador_earthquake

The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

#Windscale_fire

U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

#Panama_Canal

Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.

#Battle_of_Tours

In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.

#Second_Hellenic_Republic

The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

#Wuchang_Uprising

The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.

#Great_Hurricane_of_1780

The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

#Ten_Years'_War

Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

#Zurich_Protocols

Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.

#Triton_(moon)

The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.

#1964_Summer_Olympics

The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.

#Farabundo_Martí_National_Liberation_Front

The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.

#Double_Tenth_Agreement

In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.

#United_States_Naval_Academy

Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.

Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.