Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across Singapore and Malaysia.
ClockHorizon daily selection“Well done is better than well said.”
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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.
The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.
Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
“Well done is better than well said.”
One highlighted entry is from 2004: Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across Singapore and Malaysia.
People listed for October 10 include Josh Giddey (2002), Sami Niku (1996), and Brenko Lee (1995).
Observances listed for October 10 include Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam), Christian feast day: Blessed Angela Truszkowska, and Christian feast day: Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios).
