10 Oct, 1967 Outer Space Treaty
1967 : Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. Below is a rough guide to what the treaty means:
Military Use
An undertaking not to place in orbit around the Earth, install on the moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise station in outer space, nuclear or any other weapons of mass destruction. It limits the use of the moon and other celestial bodies exclusively to peaceful purposes and expressly prohibits their use for military use.
Ownership
Inspired by the great prospects opening up before mankind as a result of mans entry into outer space, recognizing the common interest of all mankind in the progress of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, believing that the exploration and use of outer space should be carried on for the benefit of all peoples irrespective of the degree of their economic or scientific development.
10 Oct, 1913 Panama Canal
1913 : The Panama Canal officially joined the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean when the Gamboa dike was demolished with charges of dynamite.
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10 Oct, 1922 Mexico Oil Supplies
1922 : America has long been the worlds largest supplier of oil but many believe the oil reserves will be depleted in America in 25 years while oil reserves in Mexico may well be bigger and last longer with current estimates at 40 years of reserves and it is believed they have the largest oil reserves in the world. American Oil companies continue to work with the Mexican Government to develop these new oil fields but they are facing stiff competition from British and French Oil companies.
10 Oct, 1939 World War II French Lines
1939 : After five weeks of war German attacks on French lines are increasing daily but the French are continuing to hold using hand grenades against the Germans, many believe the current attacks are a prelude to a full scale German invasion force.
10 Oct, 1944 World War II Auschwitz
1944 : 800 Gypsy children, are murdered when they are gassed to death at Auschwitz concentration camps. As well as Jews the Nazi party had decided Gypsies should also be exterminated and approximately 1.5 million Gypsies were murdered by the Nazis.
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10 Oct, 1957 World's First Nuclear Accident Windscale
1957 : Part of the radioactive core at pile 1 at Windscale Nuclear Plant in West Cumbria used to make to make weapons-grade plutonium was on fire and as there had never been a similar experience it was a best guess as to how to distinguish the fire, but a combination of water pumped in to the reactor and turning off the air supply to the reactor worked. The combination of a lack of oxygen and gallons of water did the trick and the fire was eventually put out. The fire caused the release of substantial amounts of radioactive contamination into the surrounding area and the event, known as the Windscale fire, was the world's worst reactor accident until the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.
10 Oct, 1964 Japan Olympics
1964 : The Summer Olympics open in Japan when Emperor Hirohito of Japan opened the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo.
10 Oct, 1966 U.S.A. Embargo South Africa
1966 : A committee of the General Assembly of The United nations approved by a wide margin a resolution condemning racial discrimination and urged all nations to support economic, diplomatic and an arms embargo against South Africa. The resolution was aimed at violations of human rights and specifically Apartheid South Africa's rigid system of racial segregation.
10 Oct, 1970 Canada Kidnap
October 10th, 1970 : The Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ), a militant separatist group, kidnaps Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte in Montreal. The Canadian Prime Minister believing the situation to be out of control agrees to send troops to the French Canadian province to help maintain order and proclaiming the War Powers Act, under which the FLQ was banned, some civil liberties were suspended, and thousands of troops were sent. In a series of raids, 400 Quebec separatists are taken into custody and held without charges.
10 Oct, 1971 U.S.A. London Bridge
1971 : After being removed from over the Thames in London and shipped all the way to Arizona and then reconstructed London Bridge reopened today in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
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10 Oct, 1973 U.S.A. Spiro Agnew
October 10th, 1973 : Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns in disgrace over charges of federal income tax evasion.
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10 Oct, 1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War
1973 : On the fifth day of the Arab -- Israeli war Iraq has joined in on the Arab side and pressure is now being bought to bear for the United States to combat aid to Israel as the Arab forces now have the upper hand with missiles able to shoot Israeli planes out of the air. America knows it will need to tread carefully as if it becomes involved the Soviet Union could well join the Arab side which could then escalate into a world war.
10 Oct, 1975 Botswana Elizabeth Taylor
October 10th, 1975 : Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor secretly remarry in Africa only 16 months after getting divorced.
10 Oct, 1978 U.S.A. Dollar Coin
1978 : President Carter signed a bill authorizing the likeness of suffragette Susan B. Anthony on one side of the new dollar coin, and the Apollo moon landing on the other.
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10 Oct, 1980 Algeria Earthquake
October 10th, 1980 : Two earthquakes have struck the northern Algerian town of El Asnam. Current Reports estimate up to 20,000 had died and many tens of thousands have been injured or are missing.
10 Oct, 1980 England Conservative Party Conference
1980 : At the Conservative party conference in Brighton Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher acknowledges the high number of unemployed, but stressed her determination to stick to tough economic policies and told the party faithful "The lady's not for turning."
10 Oct, 1983 Lebanon Cease Fire
October 10th, 1983 : In an effort to keep the cease fire in Lebanon Italian and Greek troops have been assigned and accepted to supervise the cease fire on behalf of the United Nations and if more are needed Yugoslavia will provide additional observers.
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