October
10
Independence
Day
Fiji : October 10 1970
October
10 : World Mental Health Day
World Mental
Health Day is observed on 10 October every year to raise public
awareness about mental health issues. The theme of this year's
World Mental Health Day is "Mental health in a changing
world: the impact of culture and diversity."
We live
in a culturally interconnected world where one person in every
35 is an international migrant. Dramatically different languages,
religions and cultures coexist in a single country. This cultural
diversity may influence many aspects of mental health, including
how individuals from a given culture communicate and manifest
their symptoms, their style of coping, their family and community
supports, and their willingness to seek treatment.
In the mental
health care setting, culture impacts how people:
label and communicate distress;
explain the causes of mental health problems;
perceive mental health providers; and
utilize and respond to mental health treatment.
Events
19
AD – Roman general Germanicus suddenly dies in Antioch under
mysterious circumstances. Roman historian Tactius records that
Germanicus was poisoned by Syrian Governor Gnaeus Calpurnius
Piso under orders from Roman Emperor Tiberius.
680 – Battle of Karbala: Hussain bin Ali, the grandson of the
Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid
I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.
732 – Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of
the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army
of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe.
The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed
during the battle.
1471 – Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder,
the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels
an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
1575 – Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry
of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay
among others.
1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over
600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar
this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal
and Spain.
1631 – A Saxon army takes over Prague.
1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the
Caribbean.
1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed
the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students
and seven professors.
1860 – The original cornerstone of the University of the South
is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
1868 – Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation,
La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence
1911 – The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty,
the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic
of China.
1911 – The Kowloon-Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail
Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon
and Canton.
1913 – President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the
Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
1920 – The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger
part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1933 – United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing
247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in
the history of commercial aviation.
1935 – A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek
Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government
of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios
Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.
1938 – The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
1942 – The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with
Australia.
1943 – Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
1944 – Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz
concentration camp.
1945 – The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed
a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war
China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten
Agreement.
1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the
finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is
refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
1957 – The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first
major nuclear accident.
1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
1964 – The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,
Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed
by geostationary communication satellite.
1967 – The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more
than sixty nations, comes into force.
1970 – Fiji becomes independent.
1970 – In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when
Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes
the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist
group.
1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London
Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1972 – The 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, killing 48, occurs
due to foggy conditions. The accident's response pushes for
changes in Chicago commuter rail, such as brightly colored ends
on the cars.
1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns
after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
1980 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs in the Algerian town
of El Asnam. 3.500 die and 300,000 are left homeless.
1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian
plane carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers and force
it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are
arrested.
1986 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes
San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
1997 – An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near
Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down
by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing
41 people.
2006 – The Greek city of Volos floods in one of the prefecture's
worst recorded floods.
2008 – The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures
200 more.
2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland
to open their borders.
2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
Holidays
and observances
Arbor Day
(Poland)
Christian Feast Day:
Cerbonius
Paulinus of York (in England)
Viktor of Xanten
October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Columbus Day (USA)
Double Ten Day (also National Day), celebrates outbreak of the
Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic
of China in 1912
Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom
in 1970
Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba' independence
from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868.
Moi Day (Kenya)
Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
World Day Against Death Penalty (International)
World Mental Health Day (International)
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