On October 10, 2014, activist Malala Yousafzai, age 17, wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

On October 10, 2004, the actor Christopher Reeve, who became famous for his starring role in four Superman films, dies from heart failure at the age of 52 at a hospital near his home in Westchester County, New York.

On October 10, 1987, the song “Here I Go Again” by English hard-rock group Whitesnake tops the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States.

Less than a year before Richard M.

In the conclusion to an extremely embarrassing situation, President Dwight D.

On October 10, 1954, the Viet Minh formally take over Hanoi and control of North Vietnam.

On October 10, 1935, George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess premieres on Broadway.

In his youth novelist George Gissing sparkled with literary and academic promise. But his choice of female partners led to anguish, poverty and even prison.

On October 10, 1877, the U.

The United States Naval Academy opens in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.