September 10th, 1898

Born on September 10th, 1898

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What happened on September 10th, 1898?

September 10th, 1898

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria

What else happened on September 10th?

September 10th, 2008

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations beneath the France–Switzerland border.

September 10th, 2000

British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

September 10th, 1990

Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

September 10th, 1983

Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

September 10th, 1974

After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.

September 10th, 1961

At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.

September 10th, 1960

Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

September 10th, 1946

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa (pictured), experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them".

September 10th, 1945

Mike the Headless Chicken (pictured) was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

September 10th, 1937

Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

September 10th, 1779

American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.

September 10th, 1547

Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

September 10th, 1509

The "Minor Judgement Day" earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara, devastating much of Constantinople and killing more than 1,000 people.

September 10th, 2022

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 10th

Born on September 10th, 1898

87

Bessie Love

American actress (1898-1986)

*September 10th, 1898, Midland †April 26th, 1986, London

87

Manfred Hausmann

German journalist (1898-1986)

*September 10th, 1898, Kassel †August 6th, 1986, Bremen

74

Hans Globke

German politician (1898-1973)

*September 10th, 1898, Düsseldorf †February 13th, 1973, Bad Godesberg

100

Waldo Semon

American inventor

*September 10th, 1898, Demopolis †May 26th, 1999, Hudson

78

George Eldredge

American actor (1898-1977)

*September 10th, 1898, San Francisco †March 12th, 1977, Los Angeles

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 10th?

85

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London

64

Georges Bataille

French intellectual and literary figure

*September 10th, 1897, Billom †July 9th, 1962, Paris

69

Robert Koldewey

German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)

*September 10th, 1855, Blankenburg †February 4th, 1925, Berlin

61

Fritz Schellong

German internist and university professor (1891-1953)

*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

69

Arthur Holly Compton

American physicist

*September 10th, 1892, Wooster †March 15th, 1962, Berkeley

85

Raymond Scott

American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994)

*September 10th, 1908, Brooklyn †February 8th, 1994, North Hills

109

Renée Simonot

French actress

*September 10th, 1911, Le Havre †July 11th, 2021, 13th arrondissement of Paris

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

84

Adele Astaire

American dancer and entertainer (1896-1981)

*September 10th, 1896, Omaha †January 25th, 1981, Tucson

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

88

Kenneth Mason

British geographer

*September 10th, 1887, London Borough of Sutton †June 2nd, 1976

85

Karl Lagerfeld

German fashion designer (1933–2019)

*September 10th, 1933, Hamburg †February 19th, 2019, Neuilly-sur-Seine

91

Hubert Hammerer

Olympic shooter from Austria (1925-2017)

*September 10th, 1925, Egg †March 24th, 2017, Egg

65

Chris Columbus

American filmmaker

*September 10th, 1958, Spangler

90

Marie Joseph Rey

French politician (1899-1990)

*September 10th, 1899, Colmar †July 26th, 1990, Colmar

76

Jim Hines

American sprinter and football player

*September 10th, 1946, Dumas †June 3rd, 2023, Hayward

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Born in 1898

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

77

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, theatre director (1898-1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

72

Theodor Lohrmann

German association football player

*September 7th, 1898, Heidelberg †September 4th, 1971

70

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

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Leap year

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