This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 10 1985 U.S. Navy fighter jets intercept Italian cruise ship hijackers Three days after hijacking the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, terrorists from the Palestine Liberation Front attempt to escape but are intercepted by U.S. Navy fighter jets. read more 19th Century 1877 Colonel George Custer’s funeral is held at West Point 1845 U.S. Naval Academy opens Arts & Entertainment 1935 “Porgy and Bess,” the first great American opera, premieres on Broadway 2004 Superman Christopher Reeve dies at age 52 1987 Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” tops the charts Colonial America 1767 Mason and Dixon draw a line, dividing the colonies Crime 1991 A former postal worker commits mass murder U.S. Government and Politics 1973 Vice President Agnew resigns U.S. Presidents 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to African diplomat Vietnam War 1954 Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam Women’s History 2014 Malala Yousafzai, 17, wins Nobel Peace Prize World War II 1940 St. Paul’s Cathedral bombed