October 10, Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Today is Friday October 10, the 283rd day of the year 2025. There are 82 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On October 10, 2014, Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), a 17-year-old Pakistani, and Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lash saht-YAHR’-thee), a 60-year-old Indian, jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an education and live free from abuse.
Also on this date:
In 1845, the United States Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural class of 50 students.
In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.
In 1935, George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess,” with an all-black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.
In 1964, the Summer Olympics began in Tokyo, the first Summer Games to be televised worldwide.
In 1966, the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations”, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.
In 1970, Fiji became independent from the United Kingdom, 96 years after the colonization of the South Pacific island archipelago.
In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned from office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal tax evasion. President Richard Nixon soon after nominated Congressman Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. Nixon resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal and Ford succeeded him.
In 2001, a month after the September 11 attacks, American planes intensified their bombings on the Afghan capital Kabul while President George W. Bush unveiled a list of the 22 most wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.
In 2018, Hurricane Michael, the first to hit the continental United States as a Category 5 hurricane in 26 years, slammed into the Florida Panhandle with winds of 257 km/h, causing nearly $7 billion in total insured losses.
Today’s birthdays:
- Actor Peter Coyote is 84 years old.
- The artist Ben Vereen is 79 years old.
- Actor Charles Dance is 79 years old.
- Author Nora Roberts is 75 years old.
- Rock singer David Lee Roth is 71 years old.
- Country singer Tanya Tucker is 67 years old.
- Actress Julia Sweeney is 66 years old.
- Actor Bradley Whitford is 66 years old.
- Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is 56 years old.
- Actor and television host Mario Lopez is 52 years old.
- NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 51 years old.
- Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger is 51 years old.
