Editing October 10 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Women's Social and Political Union]] is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History: British History Timeline |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the [[Wuchang Uprising]] begins against the Chinese monarchy.
*[[1913]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the [[Panama Canal]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; ''[[RMS Leinster]]'' is torpedoed and sunk by ''[[SM UB-123|UB-123]]'', killing 564, the largest loss of life on the [[Irish Sea]].<ref name=RTE2018-10-10a>{{cite news|author=Donal Byrne|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1010/1002123-rms_leinster/|title=Events to mark centenary of RMS Leinster sinking|publisher=RTE|date=10 October 2018|access-date=10 October 2018|quote=Today marks the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster, which resulted in the deaths of 564 people in the single-largest loss of life on the Irish Sea.}}</ref><ref name=RTE2018-10-10b>{{cite news|author=Donal Byrne|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1009/1001997-remembering-rms-leinster/|title=The Sinking of RMS Leinster and SS Dundalk|publisher=RTE|date=10 October 2018|access-date=10 October 2018|quote=One hundred years on, the records of how many were on the Leinster are still being probed and the death toll updated. As of six weeks ago, the figure stands at 564.}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Carinthian plebiscite|Carinthian plebiscite]] determines that the larger part of the [[Duchy of Carinthia]] should remain part of [[First Austrian Republic|Austria]].
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
*[[1933]] &ndash; A United Airlines Boeing 247 is [[1933 United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion|destroyed by sabotage]], the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
*[[1935]] &ndash; In Greece, a [[coup d'état]] ends the [[Second Hellenic Republic]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; Abiding by the [[Munich Agreement]], [[Czechoslovakia]] completes its withdrawal from the [[Sudetenland]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Double Tenth Agreement]] is signed by the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist Party]] and the [[Kuomintang]] about the future of China.
*[[1954]] &ndash; The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the [[Muscat and Oman|Sultanate of Muscat]], Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate [[Fahud]], marking the beginning of [[Jebel Akhdar War]].<ref name=OmansInsurgencies>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkUhBQAAQBAJ&q=moff%20oman&pg=PT52|title=Oman's Insurgencies: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy|first=J. E.|last=Peterson|year=2013|publisher=Saqi|access-date=29 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780863567025}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister [[Komla Agbeli Gbedemah]] after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
*  1957   &ndash; The [[Windscale fire]] results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
*[[1963]] &ndash; France cedes control of the [[Bizerte]] naval base to Tunisia.
*  1963   &ndash; The [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]] comes into effect.
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Summer Olympics]] opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Outer Space Treaty]] comes into force.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[King Crimson]] releases their debut album, [[In the Court of the Crimson King]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/albums/in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king-30th-anniversary-edition|title=DGM Live|date=27 October 2016 }}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Fiji]] becomes independent.
*  1970   &ndash; Canada's [[October Crisis]] escalates when Quebec Vice Premier [[Pierre Laporte]] is kidnapped by members of the [[Front de libération du Québec]].
*  [[1971]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 773]] is destroyed by a bomb over [[Moscow Oblast]], killing 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-tupolev-tu-104b-moscow-25-killed|title=Crash of a Tupolev Tu-104B in Moscow: 25 killed|website=B3A Archives}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; U.S. Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]] resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Papua New Guinea]] joins the [[United Nations]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant]] began operations in [[Eurajoki, Satakunta]], Finland.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.insc.anl.gov/cgi-bin/sql_interface?view=rx_com_matrix&qvar=unit&qval=57 | title = TVO 1 | publisher = [[International Nuclear Safety Center]] | access-date = 13 March 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://timetravel.mementoweb.org/memento/2011/http://www.insc.anl.gov/cgi-bin/sql_interface?view=rx_com_matrix&qvar=unit&qval=57 | archive-date = 3 December 2017}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; The 7.1 {{M|w}} [[1980 El Asnam earthquake|El Asnam earthquake]] shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
*  1980   &ndash; The [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] is founded in El Salvador. 
*[[1985]] &ndash; US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the [[Achille Lauro hijacking|''Achille Lauro'' hijacking]], and force it to land in Italy.
*[[1986]] &ndash; A 5.7 {{M|w}} [[1986 San Salvador earthquake|San Salvador earthquake]] shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553]] crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
*[[1998]] &ndash; A [[Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (1997–2003)|Lignes Aériennes Congolaises]] jetliner is [[1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash|shot down]] by rebels in [[Kindu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], killing 41 people.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Iraq War]]: The [[United States Congress]] approves the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush – Key Events |url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org – Miller Center |language=en}}</ref> 
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor]] becomes the first Malaysian in space on board [[Soyuz TMA-11]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Shavkat Rakhmatullayev|date=10 October 2007|title=Russian rocket launches first Malaysian into space|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1016094020071010|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Armenia]] and [[Turkey]] sign the [[Zurich Protocols]], intended to normalize [[Armenia–Turkey relations|relations]]. However, they are never ratified by either side.
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands Antilles]] are dissolved as a country.
*[[2015]] &ndash; Twin [[2015 Ankara bombings|bomb blasts]] in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Michael]] makes landfall in the [[Florida Panhandle]] as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in [[Florida]], and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
*2018 &ndash; The [[National Fire and Rescue Administration]] is founded, replacing the {{Ill|China Fire Services|zh|公安消防部队}} and the {{Ill|People's Armed Police Forestry Corps|zh|中國人民武裝警察部隊森林部隊}} as China's primary firefighting agency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=应急管理部发布国家综合性消防救援队伍改革过渡期身份标识牌 |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-10/10/content_5329078.htm |website=Chinese government}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Ben S. Bernanke]], [[Douglas W. Diamond]] and [[Philip H. Dybvig]] are jointly [[2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|awarded]] the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryson Taylor |first=Derrick |title=2022 Nobel Prizes: The Full List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/nobel-prizes-2022.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 2022}}</ref>