Throughout history, events happen every day, some events that happened in 2019 to 1549 on October 10. No matter how interesting or random the event may be, everyday is a different day with adventures. Throwback Thursday is an example of these events that will occur on random days and times. Here are some interesting facts that occurred on October 10 throughout history.
2019-
According to the Fact Site, Three thousand five hundred women in Iran were allowed to attend a soccer match for the first time in 40 years.
2004-
According to History.com, Actor Christopher Reeve, who became famous for his starring role in four Superman films, dies from heart failure at the age of 52.
1985-
According to History.com, US Navy fighter jets intercept Italian cruise ship hijackers achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily.
1957-
According to onthisday.com, A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England became the world’s first major nuclear accident.
1963-
According to The Fact Site.com, The second James Bond spy movie, “From Russia with love,” was released in London. The movie, starring Sean Connery, had a budget of just $2 million. Nevertheless, it brought in an impressive $79 million at the box office.
1877-
According to history.com, the U.S Army holds a West point funeral full of military honors for Lieutenant- Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Killed the previous year in Montana by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of the Little BigHorn, Custer’s body had returned to the East for burial grounds of the U.S Military academy at West Point, New York.
1871-
According to The Fact Site.com, The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles. The disaster killed roughly 300 people and left 100,000 homeless. The damage was around $222 million in those days, which is now $4.6 billion.
1845-
According to History.com, The US Naval academy opens in Annapolis, Maryland with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. Known as the Naval School until 1850, the curriculum included mathematics, navigation, gunnery, and steam, chemistry, natural philosophy, and French.
1733-
According to Fact Site.com, The War of the Polish Succession began when France declared war on Austria and Saxony.
1549-
According to Fact Site.com, Edward Seymour, the first Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, had his title stripped from him. After having been stripped of his title in 1552, Seymour was sentenced to death by the King, who was a 14 year old nephew. The event was considered a plot against Seymour, also known as a coup d’état.
