On This Day: 10 September

10 September in Indian history

• 1976An Indian Airlines flight is hijacked by six Kashmiri separatists and diverted to Lahore International Airport, where the passengers and crew are released.India

10 September in world history

• 2025American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
• 2025A liquefied petroleum gas tank truck overturns and explodes in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others.
• 2024Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• 2017Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean.
• 2000British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• 1990Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
• 1983Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.
• 1961A President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashes just after takeoff from Shannon Airport, Ireland. All 83 passengers and crew are killed.
• 1960Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.
• 1939World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
• 1937Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1779American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.
• 1776American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
• 1724Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
• 1640Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary measures which will lead to the Catalan Republic.
• 1608John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
• 1573German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg.

Born on 10 September

• 1963Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1912Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (died 2002)India
• 1895Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1976)India
• 1890Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)
• 1887Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (died 1961)India
• 1880Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist (died 1947)

Died on 10 September

• 2007Ted Stepien, American businessman (born 1925)
• 2000Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (born 1921)India
• 1923Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (born 1887)India
• 1845Joseph Story, American lawyer, politician, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1779)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 10 September in history?

2025: American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. 2025: A liquefied petroleum gas tank truck overturns and explodes in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others. 2024: Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 2017: Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean.

What happened on 10 September in Indian history?

1976: An Indian Airlines flight is hijacked by six Kashmiri separatists and diverted to Lahore International Airport, where the passengers and crew are released.

Which famous people were born on 10 September?

Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (1963); Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (died 2002) (1912); Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1976) (1895); Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978) (1890).

Which day is observed on 10 September?

World Suicide Prevention Day; Amerindian Heritage Day (Guyana); Children's Day (Honduras); Gibraltar National Day; Saint George's Caye Day (Belize).