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What are the important events that happened on October 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 10 is the 284th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 27, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,144 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontatetragon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 111 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,311 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 10 Historical Events
- 1631 –A Saxon army takes over Prague.
- 1780 –The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1942 –The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
- 1986 –An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
- 1997 –An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
Who were born on October 10?
- 1923 –Murray Walker, British motorsport commentator
- 1935 –Abu Jihad, Founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (d. 1988)
- 1954 –Rekha, Bollywood actress
- 1973 –Zach Thornton, American soccer player
- 1980 –Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
Who died on October 10?
- 19 –Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)
- 1759 –Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)
- 1922 –Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek writer (b. 1866)
- 1978 –Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (b. 1910)
- 2005 –Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925)
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