Page 7: Historical Events In September - 10

1972  Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship on September - 10.   

1972  On this day in history heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton, redeeming his loss to Norton in their previous encounter.   

1972  On this day in history uS Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)   

1972  Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies on September - 10.   

1973  Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on September - 10.   

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

1974  On this day in history teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs   

1976  2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard on September - 10.   

1976  Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70 on September - 10.   

1977  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine on September - 10.   

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

1979  On September - 10 london talks on the Zimbabwe Rhodesian constitution open   

1979  On this day in history agostinho Neto, poet/1st pres of Angola, dies at 56   

1982  Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album on this day in history.   

1982  Pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game on September - 10.   

1982  Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies on September - 10.   

1983  John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on September - 10.   

1983  Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1984  On September - 10 discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla   

1984  On September - 10 sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)   

1985  On this day in history alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23   

1986  Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel on this day in history.   

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

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  On September - 10 jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered   

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

1990  George Bush &Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki on September - 10.   

1990  Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada on September - 10.   

1990  On this day in history iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another.   

1990  On this day in history samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated   

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  On this day in history birth of julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)   

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

1561  On September - 10 birth of hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)   

1585  Ercole Porta, composer was born on this day in history.   

1588  Nicholas Lanier, composer was born on September - 10.   

1624  On September - 10 birth of thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)   

1638  Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

0918  On September - 10 boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies   

0954  On September - 10 louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies   

1167  On this day in history death of empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)   

1197  Death of Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166) on this day in history.   

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

1279  On this day in history robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies   

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

1308  On September - 10 death of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)