THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024

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

1933-First synthetic detergent for home use marketed

1943-Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China

1964-18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo

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

1981-Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo

1982-Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev. M. Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint

1986-7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador

1986-Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns

1992-Flower Show closes at the Hague, Netherlands