Historical Events on October 10.

1. Word Mental Health Day & World Day against Death Penalty & World Porridge Day

2. 1756, 10th October: British forces led by Governor-General Robert Clive recaptured Calcutta.

3. 1845, 10th October: The US opened Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

4. 1846, 10th October: English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon on the planet Neptune.

5. 1910, 10th October: The first All India Hindi Conference was organized in Varanasi under the chairmanship of Madan Mohan Malaviya.

6. 1911, 10th October: End of the Qing Dynasty in China.

7. 1913, 10th October: Panama Canal was completed.

8. 1942, 10th October: the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Australia.

9. 1964, 10th October: The 18th Olympic Games began in Tokyo, Japan.

10. 1970, 10th October: Fiji gained independence from the United Kingdom.

11. 1975, 10th October: Papua New Guinea joined the United Nations.

12. 1992, 10th October: The Vidyasagar Setu, the second bridge across the Hooghly River, was inaugurated.

13. 1998, 10th October: Adarsh ​​Sen Anand became the 29th Chief Justice of India.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 10.

1. 1731: Henry Cavendish, the British chemist who discovered hydrogen and argon gases.

2. 1830: Queen Isabella II of Spain.

3. 1844: Badruddin Tayyabji, Indian politician, 3rd President of National Congress.

4. 1877: William Morris, Englishman, founder of Morris Motors.

5. 1902: K. Shivarama Karanth, an Indian polymath.

6. 1906: (Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayanaswamy) RK Narayan, Indian writer. 

7. 1910: Dwarkanath Kotnis, Indian physician, Symbol of Hindi-Chinese friendship.

8. 1912: Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet, and critic.

9. 1954: Rekha, Indian film actress.

10. 1973: S. S. Rajamouli, Indian film director.

11. 1990: Rakul Preet Singh, Indian film actress. 

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 10.

1. 1898: Manilal Nathubhai Trivedi, Indian writer.

2. 1911: Jack Daniel, American businessman, founder of Jack Daniel.

3. 1964: Guru Dutt, Indian film director, producer, and actor.

4. 1983: (Ruby Myers aka) Sulochana, Indian actress.

5. 2000: Sirimao Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka’s 6th and world’s first female Prime Minister. He changed the name of Ceylon to Sri Lanka.

6. 2005: Milton Obote, Uganda’s President.

7. 2006: Saraswatibai Rane, Indian classical singer.

8. 2011: Jagjit Singh, Indian Ghazal singer.

10-October-1756

Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.

10-October-1844

Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.

10-October-1896

Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam.

10-October-1899

Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born.

10-October-1906

Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.

10-October-1909

Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.

10-October-1910

Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra.

10-October-1927

Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born.

10-October-1937

Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.

10-October-1946

Noakhali Massacre.

10-October-1952

US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

10-October-1954

First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.

10-October-1957

Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice.

10-October-1962

Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack.

10-October-1964

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.

10-October-1964

Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.

10-October-1964

Olympics opened at Tokyo.

10-October-1964

Gurudutt, famous film actor, died.

10-October-1970

Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.

10-October-1973

Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France.

10-October-1977

61 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.

10-October-1978

Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.

10-October-1990

Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka.

10-October-1990

Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.

10-October-1991

Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died.

10-October-1993

Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.

10-October-1995

G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.

10-October-1996

UP polls throw up a hung assembly.

10-October-1998

Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.

10-October-1998

Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.

10-October-1998

Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.

10-October-1999

Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra.

10-October-2000

The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.