10-10-2004, 05:28 AM
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October 10th
680 ~ Death of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of Muhammad.
732 ~ Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men, defeated a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe.
1813 ~ Birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer.
1845 ~ In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opened with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
1875 ~ Death of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Novelist & Poet.
1917 ~ Birthday of Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist.
1966 ~ Simon and Garfunkel released the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
1970 ~ In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte became the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
1985 ~ United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercepted an Egyptian plane carrying the “Achille Lauro” cruise ship hijackers and forced it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they were arrested.
1985 ~ Death of Yul Brynner, Actor and Orson Welles, Director & Actor.
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