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Today in History: October 10
0019 BC
Germanicus, the best loved of Roman princes, dies of poisoning. On his deathbed he accuses Piso, the governor of Syria, of poisoning him.

1733
France declares war on Austria over the question of Polish succession.

1789
In Versailles France, Joseph Guillotin says the most humane way of carrying out a death sentence is decapitation by a single blow of a blade.

1845
The U.S. Naval Academy is founded at Annapolis, Md.

1877
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer is buried at West Point in New York.

1911
The Panama Canal opens.

1971
The London Bridge, built in 1831 and dismantled in 1967, reopens in Lake Havusu City, Arizona, after being sold to Robert P. McCulloch and moved to the United States.

1973
Spiro Agnew resigns the vice presidency amid accusations of income tax evasion. President Richard Nixon names Gerald Ford as the new vice president. Agnew is later convicted and sentenced to three years probation and fined $10,000.

1985
An Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship is intercepted by US Navy F-14s and forced to land at a NATO base in Sicily.

2008
Orakzai bombing, Afghanistan: members of the Taliban drive an explosive-laden truck into a meeting of 600 people discussing ways to rid their area of the Taliban; the bomb kills 110.

2009
After closed borders for nearly two hundred years, Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich to open their borders

2023
US President Joe Biden pledges support for Israel in the wake of Hamas' attack on the country and its retaliatory bombardment of Gaza

Today in History: Born on October 10
1731
Henry Cavendish, English physicist who measured the density and mass of the Earth.

1924
James Clavell, novelist (Shogun, Noble House).

1946
Ben Vereen, actor (Roots miniseries).

1954
David Lee Roth, singer, songwriter, actor, author; lead vocalist for hard rock band Van Halen; member of Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (2007).

1958
Tanya Tucker, singer whose first hit, "Delta Dawn," came when she was just 13.

1963
Daniel Pearl, journalist; captured and beheaded by Al Queda in Pakistan; Daniel Pearl Foundation to promote tolerance and understanding internationally founded in his memory.

1969
Brett Favre, pro football player; only pro quarterback to throw for over 70,000 yards, completing 6,000 passes, including over 500 for touchdowns.

1974
Dale Earnhardt Jr., stock car racing driver and team owner; won Most Popular Driver Award in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 10 times (2003–2012)

JOTD
As I slipped my finger slowly inside her hole, I could immediately feel it getting wetter and wetter…

I slid my finger back out, and within seconds, she was going down on me.



I thought to myself, "I really need a new fricking boat."