eso ha pasado un 10 Septiembre

1897 : First offense due to drunk driving


On September 10, 1897, London taxi driver George Smith was arrested for drunk driving after hitting a building. He was the first person to be fined for this offense. He was sentenced to pay 25 shillings.

1961 : Accident at Grand Prix of Italy


On September 10, 1961, the German Formula 1 racing driver Wolfgang von Trips lost control of his Ferrari and hit spectators. 14 people were killed. The pilot also lost his life.

1967 : Referendum in Gibraltar


On September 10, 1967, the people of Gibraltar refused to see its territory annexed by Spain and chose to remain British by 12,138 votes against 44.

1976 : 2 planes collided over Zagreb


On September 10, 1976, flight 476 from British Airways, from London to Istanbul, struck a charter plane that had just taken off from Split to Cologne, above Zagreb in Yugoslavia.
The 176 passengers on two planes were killed.
At the time of the Cold War, the West aircrafts avoided the Soviet bloc countries and all passed through Yugoslavia, non-aligned country, to go east. Thus the airspace in the region of Zagreb was extremely crowded when the staff were few and did not have high-performance technical resources. The accident was caused by an error of a young and exhausted air traffic controller.
He will be the only person prosecuted by court as a result of the accident.

1977 : Last execution by guillotine in France


On September 10, 1977, Tunisian Hamida Djandoubi was guillotined at the Prison des Baumettes in Marseille. He was the last person sentenced to death to be executed in France. The death penalty wad abolished in 1981 and is also now banned throughout the European Union.

Actualidad del día : 10 Septiembre

National Day in Gibraltar
September 10 is National Day in Gibraltar which celebrates the referendum held on September 10th, 1967, dismissing attachment to Spain and which was the first step towards self-determination.

Cita del día : 10 Septiembre

Stephen Jay Gould, Paléontologue américain
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.

Cumpleaños : 10 Septiembre

Henry Purcell, Compositor inglés (1659)
Niccolò Jommelli, Compositor italiano (1714)
Marie Laveau, Practicante de vudú criolla de Louisiana (1794)
Charles Sanders Peirce, Matemático y filósofo estadounidense (1839)
Alice Brown Davis, Jefe de la Tribu Seminole de Oklahoma (1852)
Giovanni Gronchi, Presidente tercero de la República Italiana (1887)
Elsa Schiaparelli, Diseñadora de moda italiano (1890)
Arthur Compton, Físico americano, Premio Nobel de Física (1892)
Georges Bataille, Escritor francés (1897)
Raymond Scott, Compositor americano (1908)
Robert Wise, Director de cine americano (1914)
Edmond O'Brien, Actor americano (1915)
Bo Goldman, Guionista y escritor estadounidense (1932)
Karl Lagerfeld, Diseñador de moda alemán (1933)
Stephen Jay Gould, Paleontólogo estadounidense (1941)
Richard Mullane, Astronauta americano (1945)
Michèle Alliot-Marie, Política francesa (1946)
Amy Irving, Actriz americana (1953)
Chris Columbus, Director de cine americano (1958)
Colin Firth, Actor inglés (1960)
Marian Keyes, Escritora irlandesa (1963)
Guy Ritchie, Director de cine inglés (1968)
Jayam Ravi, Actor indio (1980)
Jérémy Toulalan, Futbolista francés (1983)
Laurent Koscielny, Futbolista francés (1985)

Nos han dejado un 10 Septiembre

Go-Nijō, Emperador de Japón (1308)
Emilie du Châtelet, Física y matemática francesa (1749)
Mary Wollstonecraft, Escritora inglesa (1797)
Elisabeth d'Autriche (Sissi), Emperatriz de Austria (1898)
Pier Angeli, Actriz italiana (1971)
George Paget Thomson, Físico Inglés, Premio Nobel (1975)
Felix Bloch, Físico suizo, Premio Nobel (1983)
Norah Lofts, Escritora inglesa (1983)
Charles Denner, Actor francés (1995)
Joanne Dru, Actriz americana (1996)
Jane Wyman, Actriz americana (2007)
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