October 10

Sunday 10, 1971:

Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Saturday 10, 1970:

In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

Tuesday 10, 1933:

A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage while en route from Cleveland, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Sunday 10, 1920:

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

Sunday 10, 1582:

Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

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