October 10

Friday 10, 1997:

An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

Saturday 10, 1964:

The 1964 Summer Olympics open in Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday 10, 1944:

Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are systematically murdered at Auschwitz death camp.

Sunday 10, 1920:

The Carinthian Plebiscite determined that the larger part of Carinthia became part of Austria.

Tuesday 10, 1911:

Wuchang Uprising which led to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last emperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.

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