{"id":28921,"date":"2016-10-10T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28921"},"modified":"2016-10-10T08:51:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:51:55","slug":"today-in-history-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28921","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Monday, October\u00a0 10, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned.
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1813<\/td>\nComposer Giuseppe Verdi was born in Le Roncole, Italy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1845<\/td>\nThe U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Md.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1886<\/td>\nThe tuxedo dinner jacket made its American debut at the autumn ball in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/td>\nRevolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrew China’s Manchu dynasty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nGeorge Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-black cast, opened on Broadway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nChiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nThe 18th Summer Olympic Games opened in Tokyo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nThe Beach Boys released the single “Good Vibrations.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nFiji became independent after nearly a century of British rule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nHockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky made his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nU.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nThe House voted 296-133 to give President George W. Bush broad authority to use military force against Iraq. (The Senate followed suit the next day.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nAngela Merkel became Germany’s first female chancellor and its first leader from the former Communist east.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nConnecticut’s Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the right to marry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Auto racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. turns 42 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Peter Coyote<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Prine<\/td>\nRock, country singer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Vereen<\/td>\nActor, dancer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nora Roberts<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanya Tucker<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julia Sweeney<\/td>\nActress, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bradley Whitford<\/td>\nActor (“The West Wing”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebecca Pidgeon<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brett Favre<\/td>\nFootball player<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mario Lopez<\/td>\nActor, TV host (“The X Factor”)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mya<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dan Stevens<\/td>\nActor (“Downtown Abbey”)<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Troy Tulowitzki<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aimee Teegarden<\/td>\nActress (“Friday Night Lights”)<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock singer David Lee Roth (Van Halen) turns 62 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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