Shimla, Oct. 10 Keekli Bureau
2010
The Netherlands Antilles—formerly an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of a group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea—was officially dissolved.
1985
American filmmaker Orson Welles—who notably wrote, directed, produced, and acted in Citizen Kane (1941), one of the most influential films of all time—died at age 70.
1979
Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky made his NHL debut, with the Edmonton Oilers.
1973
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office and pleaded no contest to the charge of failing to report $29,500 in income while governor of Maryland.
1970
Fiji gained independence from Great Britain.
1969
American gridiron football player Brett Favre, who broke all the major NFL career passing records as quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, was born.
1963From Russia with Love
The British spy film From Russia with Love premiered in London; the second film in the James Bond franchise, it is considered one of the best in the series.
1956James Dean in Giant
The American classic Giant had its world premiere; the saga was especially notable for being the last movie of James Dean, who died in a car accident shortly after filming was completed.
1935
George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway.
1917
American pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, among the first creators of modern jazz, was born.
1911
A group of revolutionaries launched an uprising in Wuchang, China, which many regard as the formal beginning of the Chinese Revolution, a nationalist democratic revolt that overthrew the Qing dynasty.
1846
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest satellite of the planet Neptune.
