What Happened on October 10?

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EVENTS ON OCTOBER 10

1920 Carinthian plebiscite

Year: 1920

The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

Chiang Kai-shek

Year: 1928

Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

RMS Leinster

Year: 1918

RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.

Woodrow Wilson

Year: 1913

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

Wuchang Uprising

Year: 1911

The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

United Air Lines Flight 23

Year: 1933

A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Coup d'état

Year: 1935

In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.

Windscale fire

Year: 1957

The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

Muscat and Oman

Year: 1954

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War.

Double Tenth Agreement

Year: 1945

The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.

BIRTHS ON OCTOBER 10

Oscar Brown

Year of birth: 1926

Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)

Dana Elcar

Year of birth: 1927

Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)

Richard Jaeckel

Year of birth: 1926

Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)

James Clavell

Year of birth: 1924

James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)

Ludmilla Tchérina

Year of birth: 1924

Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)

Leyla Gencer

Year of birth: 1928

Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)

Bernard Mayes

Year of birth: 1929

Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)

Eugenio Castellotti

Year of birth: 1930

Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died 1957)

Jay Sebring

Year of birth: 1933

Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)

Yves Chauvin

Year of birth: 1930

Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

DEATHS ON OCTOBER 10

Berton Churchill

Year of death: 1940

Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1876)

Gustave Loiseau

Year of death: 1935

Gustave Loiseau, French painter (born 1865)

Arnold Majewski

Year of death: 1942

Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (killed in action) (born 1892)

Ted Horn

Year of death: 1948

Ted Horn, American race car driver (born 1910)

Erima Northcroft

Year of death: 1953

Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (born 1884)

Chikuhei Nakajima

Year of death: 1949

Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)

Adolf Engler

Year of death: 1930

Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (born 1844)

August Kitzberg

Year of death: 1927

August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (born 1855)

Henry Dobson

Year of death: 1918

Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1841)

Carol I of Romania

Year of death: 1914

Carol I of Romania (born 1839)

HOLIDAYS ON OCTOBER 10

National Day of the Republic of China

Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912