What Happened In October 2010 In History

Historical Events for October, 2010

• 4th » The Ajka alumina plant accident called Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid Red mud or alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are s
• 10th » The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
• 13th » The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.

Famous Deaths for October 2010

• 1st » Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
• 2nd » Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean wife of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
• 3rd » Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
• 3rd » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
• 4th » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 5th » Bernard Clavel, French author (b. 1923)
• 5th » Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
• 5th » Steve Lee (singer) called Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard (band) called Gotthard) (b. 1963)
• 6th » Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937)
• 6th » Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
• 6th » Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
• 6th » Piet Wijn, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1929)
• 7th » T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Dixie Dregs, Jazz Is Dead, and Widespread Panic) (b. 1956)
• 7th » Milka Planinc, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
• 8th » Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
• 9th » Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 10th » Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)
• 10th » Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano (b. 1926)
• 12th » Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)
• 12th » Belva Plain, American author (b. 1919)
• 13th » Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 14th » Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
• 14th » Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician (b. 1924)
• 15th » Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)
• 15th » Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
• 15th » Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)
• 18th » Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931)
• 19th » Tom Bosley, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 20th » Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded 'Penthouse (magazine) or Penthouse magazine' (b. 1930)
• 20th » Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (b. 1925)
• 20th » Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914)
• 20th » Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)
• 20th » Parthasarathy Sharma, Indian cricketer (b. 1948)
• 21st » A. Ayyappan, Indian poet (b. 1949)
• 23rd » Francis Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)
• 23rd » Fran Crippen, American cartoonist (b. 1942)
• 23rd » Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923)
• 24th » Keti Chomata, Greek singer (b. 1946)
• 24th » Mike Esposito (comics) e.g Mike Esposito, American illustrator (b. 1927)
• 24th » Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 24th » Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
• 25th » Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
• 25th » Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 25th » Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (b. 1922)
• 26th » Glen Little (clown) or Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
• 26th » Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
• 26th » Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
• 27th » Denise Borino-Quinn, American actress (b. 1964)
• 27th » Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (b. 1950)
• 27th » James Wall (actor) named James Wall, American actor and manager (b. 1917)
• 28th » Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (China) known as Friends of Nature (b. 1932)
• 28th » Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (b. 1959)
• 28th » James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937)
• 28th » Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
• 28th » Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934)
• 30th » Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1927)
• 31st » Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)
• 31st » Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928)

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