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 283rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 27, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,760,054,400 seconds 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 ‘dihectaoctacontatrigon’ 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 130 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 4,676 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 10 Historical Events
- 732 –Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
- 1575 –Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
- 1928 –Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1938 –The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
- 1942 –The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
- 1957 –The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
- 1963 –France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
- 1970 –Fiji becomes independent.
- 1997 –An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
- 2009 –Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
Who were born on October 10?
- 1825 –Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)
- 1863 –Helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933)
- 1901 –Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
- 1903 –Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
- 1924 –Edward D. Wood, Jr., American filmmaker (d. 1978)
- 1925 –The Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001)
- 1956 –Mark Gordon, American film producer
- 1968 –DJ Skribble, American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor
- 1976 –Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 –Sherine, Egyptian singer
Who died on October 10?
- 1827 –Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (b. 1778)
- 1911 –Jack Daniel, American Distiller and the founder of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey distillery (b. 1846 or 1850)
- 1914 –King Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
- 1940 –Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)
- 1977 –Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (b. 1930)
- 1978 –Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (b. 1910)
- 1982 –Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
- 1983 –Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)
- 2001 –Vasily Mishin, Soviet rocket designer (b. 1917)
- 2008 –Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
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