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