October 10: The Great Hurricane, Ho Chi Minh and our Weekly Quiz

On This Day in History October 10, 2020 Historical Events 680  Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa 1780  Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane. 1954  Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops 1957  A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident More Historical Events Famous Birthdays David Lee Roth 66th Birthday Fridtjof Nansen (1861 - 1930) Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Abel Tasman ( - 1659) Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) More Famous Deaths October 10: Writer Becomes a Prisoner of Love In his youth novelist George Gissing sparkled with literary and academic promise. But his choice of female partners led to anguish, poverty and even prison. Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand