Page 7: Historical Events In September - 10

1972  On September - 10 emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship   

1972  On September - 10 heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter.   

1972  US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed) on September - 10.   

1972  Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies on this day in history.   

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on this day in history.   

1974  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal on this day in history.   

1974  Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard   

1976  Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1977  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine on this day in history.   

1979  3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed on this day in history.   

1979  London talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open on this day in history.   

1979  Agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1982  On September - 10 decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album   

1982  On this day in history pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game.   

1982  On September - 10 max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies   

1983  John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on this day in history.   

1983  Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on September - 10.   

1984  On this day in history discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla   

1984  On this day in history sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)   

1985  On September - 10 alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23   

1986  Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel on September - 10.   

1987  Pope John Paul II arrives in Miami to begin a 10 day tour of the US on this day in history.   

1988  Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) on September - 10.   

1989  On this day in history boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship   

1989  On this day in history east Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech)   

1989  Hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany on this day in history.   

1989  Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open   

1990  George Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada   

1990  On September - 10 iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another.   

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated on September - 10.   

1991  On September - 10 sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer, dies at 61   

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1169  Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) was born on September - 10.   

1487  Julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On September - 10 birth of alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)   

1561  Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on September - 10.   

1588  On this day in history birth of nicholas Lanier, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)   

1638  On this day in history birth of maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)   

0918  On this day in history boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies   

0954  Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies on this day in history.   

1167  On September - 10 death of empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)   

1197  On this day in history death of henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)   

1217  On this day in history death of william de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon   

1279  Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies on September - 10.   

1305  On September - 10 nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies   

1308  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)