On This Day: What happened on 10 September?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 10 September, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 10 SEPTEMBER
2017 | Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean. Irma caused 134 deaths and $64.76 billion in damage (USD 2017).
2008 | The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the largest scientific experiment in history, was operated in Geneva, Switzerland.
2007 | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
2002 | Switzerland, normally a neutral country, became a full member of the United Nations.
2000 | Operation Barras succeeded in freeing six British soldiers who had been captured for more than two weeks and contributed to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
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BIRTHDAYS
1980 | American wrestler, Trevor Murdoch.
1981 | Swiss tennis player, Marco Chiudinelli.
1970 | Cameroonian-French rapper, Ménélik.
1934 | American wrestler, Mr. Wrestling II.
1954 | English journalist, Jackie Ashley.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2015 | Swiss typeface designer, Adrian Frutiger, 87.
1988 | American psychotherapist and author, Virginia Satir, 72.
2014 | Spanish banker and businessman, Emilio Botín, 80.
2011 | American actor, Cliff Robertson, 88.
2013 | Czech boxer, Josef NĿmec, 80.
SPORTS
2013 | On this day, former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard made his 100th appearance for England in a World Cup qualifier against Ukraine in Ukraine.
ENTERTAINMENT
2020 | On this day “Run Hide Fight” premiered at the Venice Film Festival for the first time.
AFRICA FACT
The first England female football referee who is Muslim from Somalia was Jawahir Roble.
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