📜 This Day in History

September 10

• 1509The "Minor Judgement Day" earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara, devastating much of Constantinople and killing more than 1,000 people.
• 1724Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
• 1937Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1961At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.
• 2000British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• 2025American political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University.

Born on this day

• 1892Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
• 1933Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)[citation needed]
• 1960Colin Firth, English actor and producer
• 1964Jack Ma, Chinese businessman, co-founder of Alibaba Group [citation needed]