TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023

1780 ― Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean

1802 ― First non indian settlement in Oklahoma

1846 ― Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell

1857 ― American Chess Association formed (NYC)

1868 ― Cuba revolts for independence against Spain

1874 ― Fiji becomes a British possession

1886 ― First dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (the tuxedo)

1911 ― Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day)

1913 ― Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix

1933 ― First synthetic detergent for home use marketed

1970 ― Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1976 ― Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33

1991 ― Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy