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timeanddate.com Sign in Home On This Day On This Day in History – October 10What Happened on October 10?2010 – The Country of Netherlands Antilles is DissolvedThe Caribbean Dutch dependency, also sometimes known as the Dutch Antilles, was formed in 1954. The dissolution came after a series of referendums to become independent states within the Kingdom of the Netherlands were passed on the Islands of Curaçao, St Maarten, Bonaire, and Saba. 1970 – Fijian IndependenceThe South Pacific Ocean island country had been ruled by the British since 1874. Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara became the first prime minister of independent Fiji. 1967 – Outer Space Treaty is EnforcedAlso known as the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, it regulated the exploration and use of outer space and created the field of international space law. The treaty declared that outer space and all celestial bodies were the common heritage of mankind and could not be claimed by any one nation. 1964 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics Begin93 countries participated in the first Olympics to be held in Asia. As a tribute to the horrors of the Second World War, Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day an atomic bomb destroyed the city, was chosen as the torchbearer to light the Olympic flame during the opening. The Tokyo Olympics was also the first Olympic Games that used satellites - Syncom 3 in the United States and Relay 1 in Europe - to telecast the games. Some of the games were also broadcasted in color for the first time. 1933 – United Airlines Boeing 247 explosionIn one of the oldest unsolved cases in aviation history, the airplane which was flying from Newark, New Jersey to Oakland California exploded mid-air and crashed near Chesterton, Indiana. All 7 passengers and crew members died in the incident. To this day, it is not known what and who caused the explosion.Births on October 101979 – MýaAmerican singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actress1969 – Brett FavreAmerican football player1930 – Harold PinterEnglish playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, Nobel Prize laureate1861 – Fridtjof NansenNorwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate1813 – Giuseppe VerdiItalian composerDeaths on October 102010 – Solomon BurkeAmerican singer-songwriter2009 – Stephen GatelyIrish singer-songwriter, dancer, actor2004 – Christopher ReeveAmerican actor1985 – Orson WellesAmerican actor, director, producer, screenwriter1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich TolstoyRussian poet, author, playwrightChange Date:
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  • Beginning of the War of Independence, Cuba
  • Birthday of the Governor of Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Curaçao Day, Curaçao
  • Day of Healthcare and Medical Industry Workers, Turkmenistan
  • Day of the Maroons, Suriname
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