October 10
Today in America's Present Past
1797 | Founder Carter Braxton died.
1800 | Civil Rights: Gabriel Prosser was executed.
1828 | Congress: Speaker Samuel J. Randall was born.
1871 | Indian Wars: Comanche War starts.
1845 | U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis opens.
1857 | Sculptor Thomas Crawford died.
1858 | Painter Maurice Prendergast died.
1865 | Entrepreneur John Wesley Hyatt patented the billiard ball.
1871 | Activist Octavius Catto died (in an Election Day riot)
1886 | In Tuxedo Park, New York, the first “dinner” jacket is worn at a fall ball.
1889 | Barnard College was founded.
1892 | Entrepreneur Earle Dickson was born.
1899 | Entrepreneur Issac R. Johnson patented the bicycle frame.
1913 | POTUS: Democrat President Wilson triggered the final detonation, completing the construction of the Panama Canal.
1924 | Director Ed Wood was born.
1927 | Aviator Gustave Whitehead died.
1929 | Entrepreneur Elijah McCoy died.
1930 | Adlai Stevenson III was born.
1933 | Procter & Gamble put the first non-organic detergent on the market, Dreft.
1933 | War on Terror: The first domestic incident of sabotage against an aircraft, resulting in an explosion mid-flight.
1946 | Actor Ben Vereen was born.
1954 | Musician David Lee Roth was born.
1956 | Film: “Giant” debuted.
1958 | Musician Tonya Tucker was born.
1963 | Film: “From Russia With Love” debuted.
1963 | Journalist Daniel Pearl was born.
1963 | Chemist Linus Pauling won the Nobel Peace Prize.
1964 | Comedian Eddie Cantor died.
1969 | Football pro Brett Favre was born.
1973 | Republican Vice-President Spiro Agnew resigned.
1973 | Actor Mario Lopez was born.
1972 | Economist Ludwig von Mises died.
1974 | Racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. was born.
1978 |Congress: Honored Susan B. Anthony with her likeness on minted coins.
1985 | Director Orson Welles died.
1985 | Actor Yul Brenner died.
2002 | Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
2004 | Actor Christopher Reeve died.
2024 | Ethel Kennedy died.