Today in History: October 10, Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi awarded Nobel Peace Prize
In current times is Friday Oct the rd day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On Oct Malala Yousafzai mah-LAH -lah YOO -suhf-zeye a -year-old Pakistani girl and Kailash Satyarthi KY -lash saht-YAHR -thee a -year-old Indian man were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an schooling and to live free from abuse Also on this date In the U S Naval Academy was established in Annapolis Maryland with an inaugural class of students Related Articles Former Press Democrat reporter detained by Israeli military aboard Gaza aid flotilla California company recalls nearly pounds of pasta tied to listeria outbreak New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud incident after pressure campaign by Trump Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the establishment shutdown Shoppers fight over failure to say thank you ends with fatal shooting In 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 the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess featuring an all-Black cast opened on Broadway beginning a run of performances In the Summer Olympics began in Tokyo the first Summer Games to be telecast around the world In the Beach Boys single Good Vibrations written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love was circulated by Capitol Records In Fiji became independent of the United Kingdom years after the South Pacific island archipelago had been colonized In Vice President Spiro T Agnew accused of accepting bribes resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion President Richard Nixon soon after appointed Congressman Gerald Ford to replace Agnew Nixon resigned in amid the Watergate shame and Ford succeeded him In a month after the Sept attacks U S jets stepped up bombing of the Afghan capital of Kabul while President George W Bush unveiled a list of most-wanted terrorists including Osama bin Laden In Hurricane Michael the first to strike the U S mainland as a Category hurricane in years barreled onto the Florida Panhandle with mph kph winds causing nearly billion in total insured losses In current times s Birthdays Actor Peter Coyote is Entertainer Ben Vereen is Actor Charles Dance is Author Nora Roberts is Rock singer David Lee Roth is Country singer Tanya Tucker is Actor Julia Sweeney is Actor Bradley Whitford is Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is Actor TV host Mario Lopez is NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr is Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger is
