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Historical events & facts — October 10
What happened on October 10?
On October 10, 1868, Cuban landowner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes freed his slaves and delivered the Cry of Yara, beginning the Ten Years' War, the first major armed insurrection against Spanish colonial rule in Cuba. Although Spain suppressed the rebellion in 1878, it was the seed of the independence movement that would culminate in 1898.
On October 10, 1911, the Wuchang military uprising triggered the Chinese Revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty and ended more than two thousand years of monarchy in China. On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat-sen proclaimed the Republic of China. The date, known as Double Ten Day, is today the national holiday of Taiwan.
On October 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty entered into force, signed by the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. The agreement prohibits placing nuclear weapons in orbit, on the Moon or on any celestial body, and declares space as the common heritage of humanity. It is the main legal text governing international space activities.
Notable birthdays — October 10
Famous people born on October 10
AD 19
The 10s decade ran from January 1, AD 10, to December 31, AD 19.
Mercè Rodoreda
Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in the Catalan language.
Murray Walker
Graeme Murray Walker was an English motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula One coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, and for ITV between 1997 and 2001.
Yves Chauvin
Yves Chauvin was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was known for his work for deciphering the process of olefin metathesis for which he was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock.
Radu Vasile
Radu Vasile was a Romanian politician, historian, academic, writer and poet who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 17 April 1998 to 13 December 1999. A leading member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD), he played a prominent role within the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR).
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