Historical timeline for October 10

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.

Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.

Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.

US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.

The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.

The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.

Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25.

Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.

Fiji becomes independent.