On This Day: October 10th

Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency.

Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.

The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.

Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.