The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. Date: September 10, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. Date: September 10, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. Date: September 10, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. Date: September 10, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. Date: September 10, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 10, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia…
Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. Date: September 10, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations. Date: September 10, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. Date: September 10, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. Date: September 10, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)