September 10 in History
September 10 is the birthday of Armando Broja (2001) and the anniversary of the death of Charlie Kirk (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for September 10, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria was born in 877, while Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China died in 210 BC.
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Famous people born on September 10
Famous people who died on September 10
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Antoine Lahad (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Leader of the South Lebanon Army during the Lebanese Civil War
What happened on September 10
- 2025
American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
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A liquefied petroleum gas tank truck overturns and explodes in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others.
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Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2008
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2007
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2002
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2001
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2001
During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2000
Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
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Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1976
A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
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TWA Flight 355 is hijacked by five Croatian nationalists. The hijackers surrender upon landing in Paris.
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An Indian Airlines flight is hijacked by six Kashmiri separatists and diverted to Lahore International Airport, where the passengers and crew are released.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1974
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
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Editor's picks
Born on September 10
- 877 — Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (died 940)
- 904 — Guo Wei, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou
- 1423 — Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (died 1425)
Died on September 10
- 210 BC — Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (born 259 BC)
- 602 — Dugu Qieluo, empress of the Chinese Sui dynasty (born 544)
- 689 — Guo Zhengyi, official of the Chinese Tang dynasty
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for September 10
Quick answers
Who was born on September 10? Armando Broja (2001), Nick Cross (American football) (2001), Jschlatt (1999).
Who died on September 10? Charlie Kirk (2025), Frankie Beverly (2024), Jim Sasser (2024).
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