October 10

732 – Charles Martel’s army of Franks and Aquitanians defeat an invading moslem Umayyad army near Tours, France.

1492 – The crew of the Santa Maria nearly mutiny against Columbus.

1814 – During the War of 1812, on and around Long Island, New York, sailors of the United States Revenue-Marine begins a 3 day battle to defend their beached cutter USRC Eagle during repair operations, from an ultimately successful attempt by the crews of the Royal Navy’s ships HMS Narcissus and HMS Dispatch to board and tow the ship away as a prize.

1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the first class of the Naval School, now the United States Naval Academy begins

1913 – President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

1928 – Chiang Kai-shek is named Chairman of the government of the Republic of China and Generalissimo of the National Revolutionary Army.

1933 – United Airlines Trip 23, a Boeing 247 crashes near Chesterton, Indiana due to the explosion of an bomb aboard the plane, killing all 7 passengers and crew aboard, the first known instance of aerial sabotage, and which remains unsolved.

1963 – The international Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

1973 – Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

1985 – US Navy F-14 aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 17, launch off USS Saratoga and intercept Egyptian Airlines Flight 2843, carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, forcing it to land at the NATO base at Sigonella, Italy causing an international incident.

2002 – Congress approves a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iraq.

2013 – Mercury Aurora 7 Astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at the Denver Hospice Inpatient Care Center, after suffering a stroke.

2018 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle at Category 5 power, killing 57 people and causing an estimated $25 billion in damage.