October 10th (1985) was a Thursday. It's the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 10th October, 1985
» United States Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the wiktionary:Hijacking hijackers of the 'MS Achille Lauro Achille Lauro' cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are a
Famous Birthdays on October 10 in 1985
» Dominique Cornu, Belgian cyclist
» Marina and the Diamonds, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist
» Sandra Záhlavová, Czech tennis player
October 10th Famous Deaths for 1985
» Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1920)
» Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
October 10th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
» Saint Cerbonius or Cerbonius
» Paulinus of York (in England)
» Viktor of Xanten
» Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Thomas Traherne (commemoration, Anglicanism)
» Arbor Day (Poland)
» Double Ten Day (The National Day of Taiwan), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
» Fiji Week named Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970
» Flag days in Finland known as Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
» Public holidays in North Korea named Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
» Tau Epsilon Phi Founders Day (International observance called International)
» International observance October named World Day Against Death Penalty (International observances e.g International)