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On October 10 in 2022, 4 years ago, Nobel Economics Prize to 3 US Scholars. This page reports 9 stories from the date, 25 people born on this day and 15 who died on it.
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2022 — Nobel Economics Prize to 3 US Scholars
Research on banks and financial crises reshapes how governments respond to economic collapse — the trio's work traced panic from 1929 to 2008
The three laureates sit at a panel table with microphones and water bottles — Xuthoria
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Governments worldwide now have sharper tools to halt financial panics. The work was honored Monday in Stockholm.
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
2018 — Hurricane Michael Hits Florida as Category 5, Kills 57
The cyclone made landfall as a Category 5, claiming 57 lives nationwide and 45 in Florida.
Aerial view of devastated Florida Panhandle neighbourhood after Hurricane Michael — Patrick Bray
In an era of warming seas and intensifying storms, Hurricane Michael arrived Wednesday as a brutal punctuation mark. The cyclone slammed the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, the most powerful to strike the region in recorded memory.
The toll reached 57 dead across the United States, with 45 of those fatalities in Florida alone.
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.
1957 — Fire at Windscale Pile No. 1 Becomes Britain's Worst Nuclear Accident
Tom Tuohy's October 11, 1957, gamble to flood the burning reactor core averted greater disaster but could not stop the Cumbria blaze from becoming Britain's worst nuclear accident.
Tom Tuohy, the plant manager, made the critical decision to push water directly into the burning reactor core. His gamble on October 11, 1957, at the Windscale facility in Cumbria, averted a worse catastrophe but could not prevent the incident from becoming Britain's worst nuclear accident.
The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
At 8:00 p.m. on October 10, 1911, a single gunshot in Wuchang signaled the opening of China's Xinhai Revolution. Revolutionary troops stormed the walled city, seized the governor's compound, and raised the banner of the Republic. The Qing dynasty, ruling for 268 years, began its final collapse.
The uprising spread with startling speed. Within weeks, fifteen provinces declared independence. Sun Yat-sen, abroad fundraising, returned to be named provisional president.
The Wuchang Uprising of 1911 is the opening event depicted in the 2011 film '1911'.
The film '1911' was released on 23 September 2011 in mainland China and on 29 September 2011 in Hong Kong.
The film earned RMB18.1 million on its opening weekend in China.
The film holds an 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 37 out of 100.
The Great Hurricane of 1780 has killed 20,000–30,000 souls in the Caribbean, the deadliest storm yet known to these seas. Vessels have foundered without number; coastal towns lie in ruin from Barbados to Jamaica. The toll among sailors and islanders alike defies full accounting. Ships that rode out the gale report masts snapped like kindling and decks swept clean. The hurricane struck without warning in mid-October, when the fleet season brings the most traffic.
The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
The Women's Social and Political Union launched at 62 Nelson Street on 10 October 1903 after Emmeline Pankhurst convened ILP women there on 9 October 1903.
Women gather round a table at the union's first meeting — LSE Library
At 62 Nelson Street, Manchester, the home of the Pankhurst family, women gathered round a table at the union's first meeting. The Women's Social and Political Union was founded on 10 October 1903 in support of the enfranchisement of British women. Emmeline Pankhurst had invited a group of ILP women to her home on 9 October 1903, saying: "Women, we must do the work ourselves."
The WSPU was founded on 10 October 1903 at 62 Nelson Street, Manchester, the home of the Pankhurst family.
Emmeline Pankhurst invited a group of ILP women to her home on 9 October 1903, saying: 'Women, we must do the work ourselves.'
Membership of the WSPU was open to women only; men could not become members.
The WSPU was founded as an independent women's movement, with no party affiliation.
Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903 as an all-women suffrage advocacy organisation dedicated to 'deeds, not words'.
732 — Charles Martel's Victory at Tours Halts Umayyad Advance into Western Christendom
The defeat preserves the kingdom of the Franks and the northern realms from Saracen dominion.
The advance of Islamic rule into the heart of Europe has been broken on the field near Tours, France, where Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army. The battle, fought in the year 732, secures the lands north of the Pyrenees against further conquest. For a generation, Arab cavalry have swept through Iberia and pressed toward the rich territories of Gaul. Martel, the Frankish mayor of the palace, drew his infantry into a solid wall that withstood repeated charges. The Umayyad host, laden with plunder, could not break the line and withdrew toward the south by nightfall.
Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
1913 — President Wilson Triggers Blast, Completing Panama Canal
President Wilson, from his desk in Washington, pressed an electric key to detonate the Gamboa Dike, uniting the oceans after a decade of excavation.
The age of steam and American enterprise reached its crowning achievement this day when U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal. From his desk in Washington, the President pressed an electric key that sent the charge through forty miles of copper wire to the isthmus. The final dam between the Culebra Cut and the Pacific fell in a cascade of rock and water, uniting the oceans after ten years of digging.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
1970 — Fiji Raises Its Own Flag as Britain Ends 96 Years of Rule
Prince Charles presides at independence ceremony in Suva as dominion status begins.
Prince Charles watched the Union Jack descend and Fiji's new blue banner rise over Albert Park in Suva this morning, closing a colonial chapter that began in 1874.
The 20-year-old heir to the British throne handed constitutional documents to Chief Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, making Fiji the world's smallest independent state. Some 96 years after cession to Queen Victoria, the 300-island archipelago of 515,000 people assumes dominion status within the Commonwealth.
Mara, who has led Fiji's government since 1967, takes office as prime minister of a nation where ethnic Fijians outnumber descendants of Indian laborers brought by the British. The sugar-based economy and strategic Pacific location had delayed London's approval of full independence.
1846 Triton, Neptune's Moon, Discovered by Lassell — 180 years agosource
1964 Tokyo Olympics Opening First Broadcast by Satellite — 62 years agosource
2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Becomes First Malaysian in Space — 19 years agosource
1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty goes into effect — 63 years agosource
1967 Outer Space Treaty Comes Into Force — 59 years agosource
1969 King Crimson Releases Debut Album — 57 years agosource
2009 Armenia and Turkey Sign Zurich Protocols — 17 years agosource
1845 US Naval Academy Opens With 50 Students — 181 years agosource
1945 Double Tenth Agreement Signed by KMT and Communists — 81 years agosource
1920 Carinthia Votes to Remain Part of Austria — 106 years agosource
1963 France Cedes Bizerte Naval Base to Tunisia — 63 years agosource
1975 Papua New Guinea Joins United Nations — 51 years agosource
1928 Chiang Kai-shek Becomes Chairman of Republic of China — 98 years agosource
1979 Olkiluoto Nuclear Plant Begins Operations in Finland — 47 years agosource
1992 Vidyasagar Setu opens after 20 years of construction — 34 years agosource
1760 Ndyuka people gain territorial autonomy in Suriname — 266 years agosource
Famous birthdays on October 10
1954Rekha(72 this year)Bhanurekha Ganesan, better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films.
1954David Lee Roth(72 this year)David Lee Roth is an American rock singer.
1974Dale Earnhardt Jr.(52 this year)Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr., also known as "Dale Jr" or simply "Junior", is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster for Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, podcaster, and businessman.
1953Midge Ure(73 this year)James Ure is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer.
1958Tanya Tucker(68 this year)Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country singer who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13.
1994Bae Suzy(32 this year)Bae Su-ji, anglicized as Bae Suzy, and also known mononymously as Suzy, is a South Korean singer and actress.
1700Lambert-Sigisbert AdamLambert-Sigisbert Adam was a French sculptor, born in 1700 in Nancy.
1780John AbercrombieJohn Abercrombie was a Scottish physician, author, philosopher and philanthropist.
1898Lilly DachéLilly Daché was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser.
1930Harold PinterHarold Pinter was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
1938Leroy Hood(88 this year)Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington.
1942Radu VasileRadu Vasile was a Romanian politician, historian, academic, writer and poet who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 17 April 1998 to 13 December 1999.
1949Jessica Harper(77 this year)Jessica Randolph Harper is an American actress, singer and author.
1959Arif PeçenekArif Peçenek was a Turkish football player and manager.
1959Kirsty MacCollKirsty Anna MacColl was a British singer and songwriter.
1961Crystal Waters(65 this year)Crystal Waters is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman" and "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino.
1963Vegard Ulvang(63 this year)Vegard Ulvang is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze.
1963Daniel PearlDaniel Pearl was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal.
1965Toshi(61 this year)Toshimitsu Deyama , known exclusively by his stage name Toshi, is a Japanese singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist and a co-founder of the rock band X Japan, who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s and is credited as founders of the visual kei movement.
1971Evgeny Kissin(55 this year)Evgeny Igorevich Kissin is a Russian-born concert pianist and composer.
1973Mario Lopez(53 this year)Mario Lopez is an American actor and television host.
1975Plácido Polanco(51 this year)Plácido Enrique Polanco is a Dominican-American former professional baseball player.
1979Mýa(47 this year)Mya Marie Harrison, known professionally as Mýa, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.
1979Nicolás Massú(47 this year)Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried, nicknamed El Vampiro, is a Chilean tennis coach and a former professional player.
1984Paul Posluszny(42 this year)Paul Michael Posluszny is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Died on October 10
680Husayn ibn AliHusayn ibn Ali was the second son of Ali and Fatima, a younger brother of Hasan and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
2011Jagjit SinghJagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician.
1983Ralph RichardsonSir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor.
2022Mulayam Singh YadavMulayam Singh Yadav also known "Neta ji" was an Indian politician, schoolmaster, lecturer and a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party.
2000Sirimavo BandaranaikeSirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000.
2009Stephen GatelyStephen Patrick David Gately was an Irish singer who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone.
680Abbas ibn AliAl-Abbas ibn Ali, also known as Abu al-Fadl, was a son of Ali and Umm al-Banin, a half-brother of both Hasan and Husayn, Husayn's standard-bearer in the Battle of Karbala, and one of his principal supporters.
1914Carol I of RomaniaCarol I or Charles I of Romania, nicknamed the King of Independence ; was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914.
2016Donn FendlerDonn Charles Fendler was an American author and public speaker.
1875Aleksey Konstantinovich TolstoyCount Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright.
1979Paul ParayPaul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer.
1998Clark CliffordClark McAdams Clifford was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.
680Ali al-Akbar ibn HusaynAli al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn, commonly known as Ali al-Akbar, was a great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Husayn.
2015ManoramaGopishantha, better known by her stage name Manorama, also called Aachi, was an Indian actress, comedian and playback singer who had appeared in more than 1500 films and 5000 stage performances predominantly in the Tamil and also in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Sinhala.
1872William H. SewardWilliam Henry Seward was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
Holidays and observances
Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as the Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
Arbor Day (Poland)
Army Day (Sri Lanka)
Blessed Angela Truszkowska
Cerbonius
Daniele Comboni
Eulampius and Eulampia
Gereon and companions
October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)
Viktor of Xanten
Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
Quote of the Day
“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” — William Ernest Henley, Echoes of Life and Death
October 10 History Quiz
Which economists won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics for research on banks and financial crises?
Bernanke, Diamond, and Dybvig
In what year did the Battle of Tours halt Umayyad expansion into Western Europe?
732
What was the highest category reached by Hurricane Michael when it struck Florida in 2018?
Every event on this page was picked by hand from the historical record, written up as a news report, and checked against its source. Photographs are matched to the event they illustrate and verified before they are used. Sources are linked on each story.
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Love Story, Erich Segal
“Endless Love”, 
The Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving
“End Of The Road (From "Boomerang")”, 
Where Is Joe Merchant?, Jimmy Buffett
The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
The Martian, Andy Weir
“Franchise”, 
The Evening and the Morning, Ken Follett
