Talk:October 10

--mav 00:28, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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October 10: Thanksgiving in Canada (2011); National Day in Fiji (1970); Health and Sports Day in Japan (2011); Double Ten Day in the Republic of China (Taiwan); Columbus Day in the United States (2011) 680 – Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, was killed in the Battle of Karbala by the forces of Yazid I, whom Hussein had refused to recognise as caliph. 732 – Charles Martel and the Franks defeated a large Andalusian Muslim army led by Abd er Rahman at the Battle of Tours (pictured) near Tours and Poitiers. 1845 – The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, opened with 50 midshipmen students. 1868 – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes made the Grito de Yara, declaring Cuban independence from Spain, sparking the Ten Years' War. 1928 – General Chiang Kai-shek was named to be Chairman of the National Military Council, giving him leadership of the Republic of China. 1982 – Maximilian Kolbe, who had volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, was canonized by the Catholic Church. More anniversaries: October 9 – October 10 – October 11 It is now February 28, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Removed:

• 1994 - DOOM II: Hell on Earth is released.

Trivial. Cannot be confirmed either. --mav

Moved:

• 1979 - Panama assumes sovereignty over the Panama Canal.

Nope - happened on the 1st. --mav 07:10, 10 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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Assuming "citing of bigfoot in japan" is grafitti:Removed

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Removed non-notable item:

• 2006 - The release of Namco's US version of Tales of the Abyss.

Doradus 01:43, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

no Nomura?

where's the birth of tetsuya nomura? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.64.133.238 (talk) 01:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

On October 8, where it belongs. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 01:23, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Oct 10th 2010 101010

OK is there to be a GREEN ENERGY DAY on October 10th 2010? 10 10 10 heard something about this? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.204.232.194 (talk) 01:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

American Drivers, conductors etc also added but what about famous leaders of third world contries ???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.78.173.183 (talk) 19:57, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Mr 106.78.173.183 opinion is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.15.9.94 (talk) 18:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

American beggers births/deaths also to be noted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.14.241.132 (talk) 19:02, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

American Dogs births/deaths also to be noted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.14.20.141 (talk) 19:53, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The Faces of Evil & The Wand of Gamelon

Should we add that The Faces of Evil and The Wand of Gamelon came out October 10, 1993? 76.64.3.245 (talk) 04:45, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

No. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 10:46, 1 February 2012 (UTC)