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10-10-2013, 05:16 AM
jseal
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October 10th
1813
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Birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer.
1845
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In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the
United States Naval Academy
) opened with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
1875
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Death of Aleksey Tolstoy, Novelist & Poet.
1970
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A crisis hit Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier Pierre Laporte became the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
1971
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London Bridge reopens
in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1973
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Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest
to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned.
1975
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Richard Burton and
Elizabeth Taylor remarried
.
1980
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UK PM Margaret Thatcher gave a defiant speech at the Tory party conference "
… I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning!
"
1985
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U.S. Navy
F-14s intercepted the plane carrying the “Achille Lauro” cruise ship hijackers
and forced it to land at a NATO base in Sicily where they were arrested.
2010
~
Death of
Joan Sutherland
, Australian soprano.
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