Today in History: October 10, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns

Today is Thursday, Oct. 10, the 284th time of 2024. There are 82 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his bureau and pleaded nary contention to 1 number of national income taxation evasion.

Also connected this date:

In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established successful Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural people of 50 students.

In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the illness of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the constitution of the Republic of China.

In 1935, the George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-Black cast, opened connected Broadway, opening a tally of 124 performances.

In 1964, the Summer Olympics began successful Tokyo, the archetypal Summer Games to beryllium telecast astir the world.

In 1966, the Beach Boys’ azygous “Good Vibrations,” written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.

In 2001, a period aft the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. jets pounded the Afghan superior of Kabul portion President George W. Bush unveiled a database of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

In 2014, Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, and Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lash saht-YAHR’-thee), a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the close of children to person an acquisition and to unrecorded escaped from abuse.

In 2018, Hurricane Michael, the archetypal to onslaught the U.S. mainland arsenic a Category 5 hurricane successful 26 years, made landfall successful Florida.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Actor Peter Coyote is 83.
• Entertainer Ben Vereen is 78.
• Actor Charles Dance is 78.
• Author Nora Roberts is 74.
• Rock vocalist David Lee Roth is 70.
• Country vocalist Tanya Tucker is 66.
• Actor Julia Sweeney is 65.
• Actor Bradley Whitford is 65.
• Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is 55.
• Actor/TV big Mario Lopez is 51.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 50.
• Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger is 50.