Historical Events In September - 10

1972  On this day in history 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 September - 10.   

1974  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal on September - 10.   

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  On this day in history dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70   

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

1979  On September - 10 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed   

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

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 this day in history max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies   

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

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

1984  Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla on September - 10.   

1984  Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days) on September - 10.   

1985  Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) on this day in history.   

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

1989  On September - 10 east Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary &Czech)   

1989  On September - 10 hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany   

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1990  Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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1169  On September - 10 birth of alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)   

1487  Julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55) was born on September - 10.   

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 September - 10.   

1585  On September - 10 birth of ercole Porta, composer   

1588  On September - 10 birth of nicholas Lanier, composer   

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

1638  On September - 10 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 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 September - 10.   

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

1279  Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1305  Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies on September - 10.   

1308  Death of Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) on September - 10.