Summary of the Day ✨ 10 October (10/10)
Three distinguished economists received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences while Hurricane Michael devastated Florida as a catastrophic Category 5 storm killing 57 people and causing $25.1 billion in damage. Turkey experienced deadly twin bombings that killed 109, China reorganized its fire services, and the Netherlands Antilles was officially dissolved as a country.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- 2018: Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
- 2018: The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People’s Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China’s primary firefighting agency.
- 2015: Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
- 2010: The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
- 2009: Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
- 2007: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
- 2002: Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
- 1998: A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
- 1997: Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
- 1986: A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
- 1985: US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
- 1980: The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
- 1980: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
- 1979: The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.
Famous Births 👶
- 2002: Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player
- 1996: Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995: Courtland Sutton, American football player
- 1994: Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model
- 1994: Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player
- 1994: Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player
- 1993: Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player
- 1993: Jayden Stockley, English footballer
- 1992: Anthony Brown, American basketball player
- 1991: Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player
- 1991: Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1991: Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer
- 1991: Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist
- 1991: Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
- 1990: Shelby Miller, American baseball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)
- 2024: Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)
- 2024: Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)
- 2022: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)
- 2021: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)
- 2016: Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)
- 2015: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)
- 2015: Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)
- 2015: Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)
- 2015: Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
- 2015: Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)
- 2014: Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)
- 2014: Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)
- 2014: Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
- 2014: Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Arbor Day (Poland)
- Army Day (Sri Lanka)
- Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Angela Truszkowska - Christian feast day:
Cerbonius - Christian feast day:
Daniele Comboni - Christian feast day:
Eulampius and Eulampia - Christian feast day:
Gereon and companions - Christian feast day:
Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios) - Christian feast day:
Paulinus of York (in England) - Christian feast day:
Pinytus - Christian feast day:
Tanca - Christian feast day:
Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church) - Christian feast day:
Viktor of Xanten - Christian feast day:
October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)