Today in History
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2010 The Country of Netherlands Antilles is Dissolved
The Caribbean Dutch dependency, also sometimes known as the Dutch Antilles, was formed in 1954. The
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1970 Fijian independence
The South Pacific Ocean island country had been ruled by the British since 1874. Ratu Sir Kamisese M
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1967 Outer Space Treaty is Enforced
Also known as the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use
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1964 The Tokyo Summer Olympics Begin
93 countries participated in the first Olympics to be held in Asia. As a tribute to the horrors of t
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1933 United Airlines Boeing 247 explosion
In one of the oldest unsolved cases in aviation history, the airplane which was flying from Newark,
Births On This Day,
October, 10
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1979 Mýa
American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actress
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1969 Brett Favre
American football player
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1930 Harold Pinter
English playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, Nobel Prize laureate
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1861 Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate
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1813 Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Deaths On This Day,
October, 10
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2010 Solomon Burke
American singer-songwriter
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2009 Stephen Gately
Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, actor
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2004 Christopher Reeve
American actor
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1985 Orson Welles
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
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1875 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Russian poet, author, playwright
