DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Sunday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2021. There are 82 days left in the year.
On this date:
1845: The U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland.
1911: Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.
1935: The George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.
1957: The Milwaukee Braves won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7, 5-0.
1962: President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing.
1964: The 18th Summer Olympic Games opened in Tokyo.
1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office.
1985: U.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody. Actor-director Orson Welles died in Los Angeles at age 70; actor Yul Brynner died in New York at age 65.
1997: The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jody Williams, were named winners of the
Nobel Peace Prize.
2001: U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital of Kabul. President George W. Bush unveiled a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.
2004: Christopher Reeve, the “Superman” of celluloid who became a quadriplegic after a May 1995 horse riding accident, died in Mount Kisco, New York, at age 52.
2014: Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, and Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an education and to live free from abuse.
2015: Twin bombings in Ankara killed 103 people at a peace rally in the worst terror attack in Turkey’s modern history.
Actor-dancer Ben Vereen is 75. Singer David Lee Roth (Van Halen) is 67. Country singer Tanya Tucker is 63. Actor Julia Sweeney (“Saturday Night Live”) is 62. Actor Bradley Whitford (“The West Wing”) is 62. Bassist Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 60. Guitarist Jim Glennie of James is 58. Drummer Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls is 54. Actor Manu Bennett (“Arrow”) is 52. Actor Joelle Carter (“Justified”) is 52. Actor Wendi Mclendon-covey (“The Goldbergs,” “Reno 911!”) is 52. Actor Mario Lopez (“The X Factor,” “Saved by the Bell”) is 48. Actor Jodi Lyn O’keefe (“She’s All That,” “Nash Bridges”) is 43. Singer Mya is 42.